Living Yiddish
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
For some reason, in the wake of the Siyum Hashas, we have been inundated with feel-good stories about Yiddishkeit, many involving...
A Thousand Words From the New York Times
By Dovid Efune
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. So when The New York Times elected to illustrate a story about...
Say It With Love
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
This week’s parsha of Devorim opens with Moshe Rabbeinu admonishing the Jewish people for the various sins they committed during...
The Commentariat and the Donald Sterling Saga
By Rabbi Steven Pruzansky
When the LA Clippers owner chose "Sterling" as his last name, it is clear he didn't have his character in mind....
Ninth Lesson From The Gaza War: Where Did Hamas Get All That Concrete?
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn
It required 800 tons of concrete to build the terror tunnel that almost resulted in a massacre of Israelis...
Elul – A Time for Achdus
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
All of a sudden, Elul is upon us. The summer barely started and Elul has arrived. What happened to the glorious...
How to Save an Unproductive Day in 25 Minutes
By Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer
How often have you had a work day when, as mid-afternoon races toward late-afternoon, you realize that you haven't...
My Victory Over the Nazis
By Joseph Friedenson
For me, a survivor of the Holocaust, the Siyum HaShas, the celebration of the completion of learning the Talmud, at MetLife...
The Value of Vulnerability
By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff
One of the central actions of Yom Kippur is to admit wrongdoing as a way of achieving atonement. As we pray...
A View From Afar
To name the Muslim country where she lives would compromise her security; the authorities there do not look favorably on citizens who communicate with...
Will Obama Act on New Iran Intelligence?
By Jonathan S. Tobin
In 2007, a growing international consensus on the need to stop Iran's drive for nuclear weapons was hamstringed by a...
The Sandy Aftermath: Why The Key To Rain Remains In God’s Hands
By Rabbi B. Blech
This week was a great reminder.
Here in New York as well as in most of the Northeast of the United...
Sheldon Adelson: Don’t Risk Israel’s Security on Obama’s Words
By Sheldon Adelson
"Americans who support Israel should take the president at his word," wrote Haim Saban recently in the New York Times, claiming...
Ruining Lives, One WhatsApp at a Time
Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
For some reason, people in our world perk up when there is a crisis. If you can convince them that there is...
Why the Dems Lost Weiner’s Seat
By Errol Louis
Democrats, from the rank-and-file to President Obama, are worried -- as they should be -- about the surprise victory of a novice...
It’s About Us
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
What do people care about? What are people interested in? This question intrigues newspaper publishers, as well as rabbis, teachers and...
Can You Love If You Don’t Hate?
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The New York Times reports that in the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden, people are questioning "whether 'justice'...
Get Ready for Four More Years of Clinton Scandals
By Marc A. Thiessen
It is a common refrain among despondent Americans watching the substance-free, scandal-driven 2016 campaign: "I can't wait for this to end."
Well,...
Matchmaking or Something Infinitely Worse?
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
…Matchmaker, Matchmaker make me a match, find me a find, catch me a catch…
- Fiddler on the Roof
Our tradition teaches that even...
‘The Obamas’ Confirms Worst Fears About the President
By Ronald Kessler
It's one thing to view President Barack Obama's failings from the outside. It's another to learn from the inside that his thinking...
