The clash between secular and Jewish perspectives By Dr. Leon Zacharowicz Issue of Nov. 7, 2008 / 9 Cheshvan 5769 The amazing technological advances of the last century have created … more

By David Seidemann Nov. 7, 2008 / 9 Cheshvan 5769 I sauntered into a local retail store on the days between Yom Kippur and Sukkos on a mission from my wife to find matching napkins and paper … more

By Meir Weingarten Issue of Nov. 7, 2008 / 9 Cheshvan 5769 There used to be a cozy little restaurant, no more than six or seven tables, hidden away in what were then vacant fields behind the … more

By David M. Singer Issue of Oct. 31, 2008 / 2 Cheshvan 5769 In a recent article in The Jewish Star ( Selective memory; Oct. 10, 2008 ) it was suggested that Democrats in the Oval Office … more

By David Seidemann Issue of Oct. 31, 2008 / 2 Cheshvan 5769 Before delving into this week's article, allow me to detour and offer some election year advice having nothing to do with my … more

By Jeff Toback Issue of Oct. 3, 2008 / 2 Cheshvan 5769 With the dark, heavy clouds of the 70th anniversary of the Kristallnacht floating slowly in our direction, an incident that occurred … more

Literature and thoughts on the election By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of Oct. 3, 2008 / 2 Cheshvan 5769 Well, at long last, it is going to be over. Election Day is Tuesday and we will be … more

By Rabbi Avi Billet Issue of Oct. 31, 2008 / 2 Cheshvan 5769 Reading the story of the dispersion at the beginning of chapter 11, it is hard to see where the people went wrong. In the words … more

By Rabbi Chananya Weissman Issue of Oct. 17, 2008 Our label-driven community, in which everyone must be neatly pegged and categorized within seconds of meeting them, tells us that there … more

By David Seidemann Issue of Oct. 17, 2008 The number seven represents nature in Judaism, and the ultimate that man can achieve in its realm. At the conclusion of every cycle of seven, … more