יום רביעי, כ׳ אלול תשפ״וWednesday, September 2, 2026
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The Rav maintained that analyzing the Torah with the lenses of a secular academician was meaningless since the Torah has its own system and logos and only using that system and logos can yield proper understanding.
My grandfather was unlike any other grandparent I have ever encountered. The minute he saw me, he would engulf me in a giant bear hug and squeeze until my grandmother scolded him to let me go.
It is difficult to pin down who created the first Braille Haggadah and when.
On the way to Israel? Have a long stopover in Europe? Are you wondering what to see so you can get a feel for the place?
Rav Ashkenazi knew that the Shanghai community needed rabbinic guidance, so he changes his plans.
By Alan Zeitlin
If you’re hearing this is when you’re driving and someone cuts you off, you’ll be able to breathe easy.
The Jewish Press decided to join math lovers the world over in celebrating Pi Day, observed every year since 1988 on March 14.
When I first encountered the idea of omitting pictures of women, I could, grudgingly, understand the logic.
Jacob Baal-Teshuva, an authority on Marc Chagall and one of the most distinguished international editors, appraisers, and critics of modern and contemporary art, served as the editor of The Mission of Israel, a collection of essays on the importance and centrality of the Jewish state. In this April 19, 1961 response to Baal-Teshuva’s solicitation of […]
By Yaffa Ganz
My vintage black design still elicited wows and universal admiration. This time around, it was a perfect bubby dress, a smashing success.
By B. Gordon
Empathy, humor, and imagination are the magical threads that bridge the gaps wrought by age, culture, experience, and pain and foster connections between clown and patient.
By Libi Astaire
There is no question that relations between the Jews and the Church have improved immensely since Vatican II.
The only inkling I had that something was amiss was that sometimes when I would greet she responds and other times she doesn't.
More than 40 years after his death, Robeson retains his status as an American cultural and political icon, but he also leaves behind a sad legacy as a hero who betrayed his Jewish friends.
My uncles took cover on the bimah, and cries of "Mazel Tov" pierced the air.
Dom Bruno was clearly a courageous man, risking his own life to save four hundred Jewish lives, most of them children.
Some of the most famous and important works of literature contain passages and themes that are immodest in nature. May a G-d-fearing Jew read these works for the good they contain, or must he forgo reading them entirely?
Herzl never set foot again in Eretz Yisrael during his lifetime, but he did return decades after his death in 1904 at the tragically young age of 44.
By Sara Lehmann
“We want a Jewish presence in Portugal,” said Mendes Godinho, “and we look to Jewish investment.” Citing low unemployment and calling Portugal the “third most peaceful country in the world,” she stressed the importance of bringing Jews to visit and live in Portugal.
By Yaffa Ganz
Like the threads on a loom, the chagim weave a thick, rich tapestry of faith and kedusha.
An upbeat promise of hope, Set Me Free is a reminder that even those who feel trapped by addiction can take control of their lives and liberate themselves by seeking professional help.
Anyone who appreciates a mix of football, unique commercials, and Jewish music will be thrilled with our KHS 2018 presentation.
In the summer of 1798, Napoleon conquered Egypt and, leading an army through the Sinai Peninsula into Eretz Yisrael, took control of Jaffa and commenced a siege of Acre (1799), hoping to provoke a Syrian insurgence against the Ottomans and threaten British rule in India.
Amud Aish takes great pride in these professional workshops, enabling children, each on their own level, to relate to the Holocaust.
By Libi Astaire
With those two words, Pius X summed up the 1,900-year-old “special” relationship between the Jews and the Catholic Church – a tortuous theological and political relationship that would see tremendous changes before the century’s end.
Though ostensibly jointly drafted by the United States, Egypt, and Israel, the Kilometer 101 Agreement was criticized by supporters of Israel as driven by the United States and directed by Egypt with Russian prompting.
Few know that in their earliest days the Beatles performed at a Jewish-owned club and at Jewish community events and generated notice in England’s religious Jewish community.
Many of these rescuers, rather than fleeing to ensure their own safety, chose to help their brethren escape.
A recurrent theme in Miller’s work is the tragic defeats that befall common people.
By Libi Astaire
When the United States opened its doors to new immigrants, both Jews and Catholics responded in large numbers – and soon discovered that old prejudices had immigrated too.
By Libi Astaire
Catholics like Father Coughlin weren't the only threat during this period.
This week’s quiz: What does Israel have in common with Bolivia, Dominica, Grenada, Grenada-Grenadines, Guinee, Lesotho, Micronesia, Paraguay, Sierra Leone, Spain, St. Vincent, and Uruguay? The answer will follow below. The Rambam (1135 – 1204, though many scholars now agree he actually was born in 1138, on erev Pesach) was one of the most prolific […]
By Rhona Lewis
Women in the eighteen- to fifty-year-old age bracket are more susceptible to melanomas than are men.
By Alan Zeitlin
After giving a talk at a melaveh malka about his work experience a few years ago, people told him he had enough material to do a standup routine. They were right.
Washington, inspired by the message of the little Chanukah candles, went on with increased confidence and vigor to lead the Continental Army to an unlikely victory against the British.
But by no means does the rich irony underscoring the Jewish domination of Christmas songs end with Berlin.
The image of the pious, simple and domestically maternal Jewish woman no longer appealed to these secularly educated girls.
By Yaffa Ganz
The kids all dreamed about returning; rebuilding; putting their paradise back together again.
Filled with rage at the cruelty of the Nazis, she vowed to save as many Jewish children as she could.
The customs are more than just charming traditions.
By Libi Astaire
Even within the Catholic world, the bishops of some countries, such as Germany, acted autonomously, with only minimal input from Rome.
Hemingway’s antipathy to Eisenstaedt may well have been attributable to his general contempt for Jews.
Wiesel’s somewhat inconsistent position on Solzhenitsyn reflected both praise and disappointment.
The Reich, which considered Eretz Yisrael a suitable dumping ground for ridding itself of Jewish refugees and “misfits,” sought to bolster the weak German economy by reaping a financial windfall through a payoff from Zionist leaders.
By Ann Goldberg
It is both disconcerting and reassuring to sit in a bulletproof bus. The double glass, which is impossible to really clean, doesn’t lend itself to photography, so I thought I’d relax on the journey.
Because of the development of printing, female literacy gained some momentum, and a whole genre of women's Yiddish books was created.
By Libi Astaire
We did get out state in 1948, but not thanks to the British.
By Sandy Eller
Approximately 21 to 29 percent of patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain ultimately misuse them and about 80 percent of people who use heroin first misused prescription opioids.
Originally constructed as a restaurant and heliport for the 1964 World’s Fair, Terrace On The Park is a marvel of Modernist design, with its signature T-shaped towers soaring 120 feet above the fairgrounds, now Flushing Meadows Park.
By Libi Astaire
The Jews had traded in the traditional religion-based anti-Semitism of the Church for something new and more dangerous: a secular anti-Semitism based upon race, genetics, and economics.
Thanks to his ideas and efforts, Citroën’s company to become one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, but he always maintained an open mind and remained receptive to new suggestions.
By Rhona Lewis
In July 2009, when the IAA began a five-month excavation at Magdala, it didn’t expect to find much… until, right beneath a wing of the proposed guesthouse, the top of a buried wall was discovered.
Some were hysterical. Many wept. All were desperate.
Simmy Allen, head of the International Media Division of Yad Vashem, says that there are 300 various spellings, variant names and diminutives for Yaakov.
But by no means do all Supreme Court experts agree that there never was a Jewish seat. Two fascinating examples are President Lyndon Johnson and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
In 1886, Berliner commenced work on what would become the gramophone, the recording and reproduction of sound by means of disc records.
By Yaffa Ganz
It's not that I want to be neat, it's just that I can't function in the midst of a mess.
There is evidence that learned women were educated by tutors as well, as long as standards of modesty were upheld.
So, Mom, how are you keeping yourself busy now that we've all left home?
Rav Henkin (1881–1973) represented a unique blend of Torah scholarship, humility, and a lifelong dedication to the highest levels of discreetly preformed chesed.
By Libi Astaire
During the 1500s, the Church added another reason for the enforced segregation: to further degrade and humiliate the Jewish community so they would convert to Christianity.
Most of my parents’ friends did not have a single relative left in the world after the war and so they formed new families and attachments.
How shall we hold on to the memory of those who perished?
Although the Tel Aviv bombing was one of the few occasions during the war when the Axis powers caused Jewish deaths in Eretz Yisrael, it has been largely forgotten.
Capp further laced his comments with criticism of Schulz’s endorsements and sponsorships, which was particularly ironic given Capp’s own licensing and merchandising juggernaut.
They had succeeded in learning without books, since one man knew the first half of the Ketzos by heart and another knew the second half.
Th her, it seemed the Jews were trying to send a hidden message to the visiting Americans.
At many points in his life, he intended to go in one direction, until Hashem pushed him back on the road to return.
Although anti-Semitism no longer excludes Jewish athletes from the Olympics, Israel continues to host the Maccabiah Games for Diaspora Jews and all Israelis, Jew or non-Jew, every four years.
Foreign Ministry officials, however, continued to argue that at best, international relations would be adversely affected and that at worst, global dissatisfaction with Israel would turn it into a pariah nation.
By Shimmy Blum
Much of the food in Houston, in stores and warehouses, etc., has been destroyed. Kosher food is even more scarce.
The winning proposal, which was chosen from among 450 designs submitted by 164 participants, incorporated as its central theme an iconic representation of the menorah carved in relief on the Arch of Titus in Rome.
By Libi Astaire
It’s estimated that the total number of Spain’s Jews who succumbed to the pressure to convert was between 200,000 and 250,000 souls.
Rabbi Yaakov Salomon emphasizes the imperative of familiarizing our children with the lessons of the Holocaust.
By Ann Novick
Chronic pain is debilitating and eating or smoking pot has given many people relief. Most people see it as a benign way of dealing with pain, but is it benign?
By dvora
Dalin's newly-released book is the first to review the history of the eight Jewish justices born to Jewish mothers, who served and continue to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court...
When the Ministry did not react to his report, he resigned his post and taught history at Jewish high schools in Warsaw.
By Alan Zeitlin
It was not only the Mossad’s intelligence that allowed for the capture of Eichmann. It was also his son’s stupidity.
Omitting imaginary books like How Jewish Unity Became a Reality During the 21st Century, I think I’d really like to read the definitive epic saga of the teshuvah movement of the second half of the twentieth century.
With the warm reception they had received in Manchester, and with both Aaron and Rivka preferring quieter areas and smaller communities to the hustle and bustle of London, they decided to move there.
Are the Jews going to repent of being anti’s, for fear that soon there should be nothing left to be anti against?
Many months passed and one night the Rebbetzin said something I will never forget. It tipped the scales for me.
The beautiful grounds are buzzing with activity on a daily basis. Visitors come from schools and youth groups, ulpanot, yeshivot, IDF Mechinot, as well as from overseas.
Pisgat Zev lives in the present, looks forward to the future, and remembers the past.
When Ben-Gurion was revived at the hospital, he was relieved to learn the attacker was mentally unstable rather than politically motivated.
Unfortunately, while the New York law protects emergency workers from being fired for time providing assistance related to the state of emergency, it does not allow for these workers to be paid for the time that is devoted during the state of emergency.
By Zvi Gluck
Shidduchim – I hate that word. How many lives have been lost because parents have been focused on shidduchim?
Those of us who are children of survivors will undoubtedly relate to at least one or two of the lines above, if not all of them!
By Libi Astaire
The thirteenth century was a turning point in Jewish-Church relations.
It was through Jackson’s leadership that the Nuremberg trials were organized; standards of evidence developed; rights of defendants defined; and prosecutorial action commenced.
By Shimmy Blum
Can the opportunity to empower your business get any better?
Operational Finale was the code name given by the Mossad to the mission of finding and capturing Eichmann after the Holocaust.
Was their recent commitment strong enough to prevail against this dramatic test?
The leading fighter for Jewish civil rights in Germany, he used his respect and renown to assist individual Jews and entire communities in disputes with the German authorities and he facilitated the revocation of many anti-Semitic laws.
By Rhona Lewis
I am done with my little bit of research and I marvel. Not so very long ago Muslim Arabs were willing to risk their lives to save Jews.
August 28, 2026 
