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Op-Eds

Inaugural Words Heard 'Round the World: 'Radical Islamic Terrorism'

By Tarek Fatah

For 8 years Barack Obama tip-toed around the radical Islamist elephant in the room which was reflected in the cowardice and complicity among the media elite to downplay the threat of Islamic terrorism

Guest Blog

SHLOMO CARLEBACH’S SONG words and music by Ben Reuven

By David Herman

A musical tribute to the internationally famed Jewish troubador, Shlomo Carlebach by famed Jerusalem troubador words and music by Ben Reuven

Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo

What is There in a Sound That Words Cannot Express --- and Why Do We Have this Sound Only Once a Year?

By Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo

What is there in the sound of the shofar that words can't express? The blowing of the shofar proves we can surpass ourselves. By our own voice we cannot produce this penetrating terrifying resonance

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Netanyahu's Speech in Layman's Words

By Paula Stern

Maybe there is reason for optimism: Today Israel has diplomatic relations with over 160 countries, nearly double the number Israel had when Netanyahu served as Israel’s ambassador some 30 years ago.

The Lid with Jeff Dunetz

Some Words About The Deaths in Dallas, St. Paul, And Baton Rouge

By Jeff Dunetz

Though most of the facts are still not out, the news about Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Philando Castile in St Paul, and five dead Cops in Dallas is nothing short of sickening.

FirstOneThrough

Elie Wiesel on Words

By Paul Gherkin

The world appreciated the efforts of Wiesel, and awarded him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for "his message ...of peace, atonement and human dignity."

Dov Shurin

For Better or for Worse

By Dov Shurin

Hashem simply goes beyond the letter of the law in His love for us.

Fink or Swim

What’s Wrong With the Star-K Kosher Phone?

By Rabbi Eliyahu Fink

A kashrus agency should be concerned with one thing and one thing only: the kosher status of our food.

Emes Ve-Emunah

The Internet, Halacha, and Olam HaBah

By Harry Maryles

I happen to know Gedolei Torah and Roshei Yeshiva who use I-phones and the internet. Are they all doomed?

Op-Eds

What if They Mean What They Say?

By Shoshana Bryen

When Mein Kampf was published, many people thought it was just words. They were wrong.

Serials

Persuaded - Chapter IV

By Barbara Bensoussan

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