Mourning in the Morning
Regarding the positive Torah commandment to pray, Rambam writes, "This commandment obligates each person to offer supplication and prayer every day and utter praises of the Holy One, blessed be He; then petition for all his needs with requests and supplications; and finally, give praise and thanks to God for the goodness that He has bestowed upon him - each one according to his own ability" (Mishneh Torah 1:2).
The Photo On The Wall
Today (10 Nissan – April 18) is the 21st yahrzeit of my daughter Alisa Flatow, Hy”d. I’d like to share with readers of The Jewish Press some personal reflections on the events of 1995 and what has happened since.
When Satan Came To Melitz
Melitz (or Mielic) was a small shtetl in Poland. The following article is based on authentic Yiddish quotes from the original Melitz archives (courtesy Yad Vashem in Jerusalem). All the names are real.
Disputing, For God’s Sake
The twelve-member bipartisan congressional “super committee” on spending cuts formally conceded defeat late last month, after failing to reach common ground on the issues of tax increases and spending cuts.
A Dominican Haven For Jews Fleeing Hitler
Today the Dominican Republic welcomes thousands of sun-worshippers to Sos?a, its popular North-Coast beach resort.
Open Letter To Simchat Torah 5785
This year, the Torah will feel different in my arms. Not lighter, not heavier, but full of stories we know too well – the stories of exile and return, of brokenness and healing, of joy and tragedy walking side by side.
State Of The Jewish Union 5763
We recently marked the start of a new year on the Jewish calendar, as good a time as any to sum up where things now stand.
Peace Activist’s Lament: I Was Wrong About the War
Currently there are approximately six million Assyrians -- 2.5 million in Iraq and the rest scattered in the Assyrian Diaspora around the world.
Best of Times, Worst of Times
As the Torah teaches, poverty will never be eradicated, nor will our obligation to assist those in need.
Our Holy Visitors
Sukkos comes to us as a beautifully wrapped gift from Hashem, right when we can use some pampering. Having just completed an exhaustive round of appeals to our Father in heaven to forgive our iniquities and grant us yet another chance to prove ourselves worthy of His beneficence and mercy, we emerge as newborns – clean and pure and free of the stain of sin.
Rav Avigdor Miller: His Early Years
The third yahrzeit of HaRav Avigdor Miller, zt"l, occurred a few weeks ago.
Not Your Ordinary Scribe
As a guide to others and a foremost member of the Great Assembly, Ezra provided strong leadership and a moral conscience to a people that had lost its way.
What’s Your Jewish Perspective?
For our purposes, we will focus on Jewish-related subjects and call it “What’s Your Jewish Perspective?”
A Titanic Jewish Love Story
At a time when many Jews changed their names and joined churches to deflect anti-Semitism and to facilitate assimilation into American society, Isidor did not deny his heritage; indeed, he embraced it.
The Motherhood Of Freida Sima
Insisting on a traditional Jewish home, Freida Sima reached a compromise with her communist husband: he would not interfere in household matters of religion while she would turn a blind eye to whatever he would do outside the home.
Translating My Father’s Holocaust Memoir
As someone who witnessed horrors in no fewer than seven concentration camps, my father also wanted to publicly address the question of how it was possible that large masses of people, numbering in the millions, could be led to their extermination without a fight.
‘The Hat Of Salvation You Wore On Your Head’
Mr. Blum’s father had no idea how the American official would react to his brazen request. But he felt strongly that he could not take an oath without his head covered. This small act of courage resulted in great liberation.
The Media’s Madoff Moment
On the evening of December 11, 1995, businessman Aaron Feuerstein was with family and friends at a restaurant in Boston. It was his seventieth birthday, and a group of well-wishers had gathered to throw him a surprise party.
The Eye Sees, The Ear Hears
Perhaps we were better off when we were less sophisticated and just lived with emunah peshutah.
Lies of the Anti-Lobby Lobby
There is a nefarious lobby that controls American policy and subordinates American interests to its own narrow interests.
Orthodox Jews React To Overturning Of Roe v. Wade
It thus follows that Jewish law does differ in theory and to some important degree in practice from the Catholic and Evangelical approaches to the question...
The Vanishing Jewish Baseball Player
Whatever happened to Jewish baseball players? Not that they're an extinct species - several Jews are currently playing in the major leagues or working their way through the minors - but Jewish baseball fans will tell you the present-day crop is relatively unaccomplished and unknown.
More About Librarians Against Israel
In an apparent attempt to defend that which cannot be ethically defended, the ALA president also attempted to cast doubt on the truthfulness of what I wrote by simply dismissing my points as ''a rash of allegations.''
Bumblebee Nation And Middle East Peace
They had to travel more than a thousand miles, mostly by foot, before they reached an airport in the Sudan. His parents finally migrated to Israel when he was three.
Short Trip, Long Journey
Late last year, I was flying from Los Angeles to San Jose - a trip I have made many times in the course of my professional career. Over the years, I have watched the San Jose airport transform itself - from a one-building terminal with rental cars parked on the curb to an international airport with rental car facilities much larger than the entire airport I first visited many years ago.
‘Palestine’ in the Land of Israel?
“Palestine” was defined as the land east and west of the Jordan River, now comprising Jordan, the West Bank and Israel.
Academics Against Israel
Many are under the impression that individuals in academia are by definition people who judge events from an unbiased, rational viewpoint.
Liberating The Human Spirit
On Pesach, we celebrate the gift of political freedom. And we recognize that more than just a natural right, it is a Divine gift, and one that we would be lost without.
A Home For All Seasons
This is a beautiful land. The panoramic hills and valleys, the inimitable white stones, the kedushah embedded in every meter, the spicy melting pot of Jews. It fills the soul in a way nothing else can.
The Egyptian Jew Who’s Battling Coca-Cola
For 15 years, Egyptian-Jewish businessman Refael Bigio has been battling a goliath corporate adversary, the Coca-Cola Company. Bigio charges that Coke has been profiting from his family’s stolen property just outside Cairo.
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