It’s time to say the G-word out loud. Palestinian terrorism is not just another form of violence. It’s genocide by another name.
more
By Stephen M. Flatow
|
7/2/14
|
On June 22, my dear mom Ruth Feig, a”h, passed away peacefully in her home. While I am grateful that she lived to be 92-1/2, her passing has left a huge void in my life as well as the lives of my siblings and children.
more
By Judy Joszef
|
7/2/14
|
The story of Balak and Bilaam is fascinating because it is indicative of an obsession that hasn’t waned in the history of mankind since the time of Avraham our forefather.
more
Rabbi Avi Billet
|
7/2/14
|
Like many others in the Jewish community, I first became aware of the dire situation facing Jewish students at San Francisco State University (SFSU) back in May 2002, when John Podhoretz published an op-ed in the New York Post exposing the anti-Semitic activism plaguing the campus.
more
By Ben Cohen, JNS
|
7/2/14
|
Little by little political correctness has taken over our culture and our language. In some communities, manholes have been renamed “personnel access units” to avoid offending women.
more
By Jeff Dunetz
|
7/2/14
|
We will do our best to hand our enemies a great defeat, by becoming even more united.
Three boys. Three worlds. Three families. Three mothers broken. Three empty chairs. So many dreams lost. Forever.
There are simply no words to describe the depths of our pain and sense of loss.
more
By Rabbi Binny Freedman
|
7/2/14
|
In the beginning of Chapter 21, the Torah tells how an encounter with the Canaanites of the Negev concluded with the capture of a single captive – who Rashi identifies as a maidservant.
more
By Avi Billet
|
6/24/14
|
Ask any Israeli soldier who served in the armored corps what part of his army service he hated the most, and he will answer unequivocally “tipul shvui,” the weekly tank inspection.
more
By Rabbi Binny Freedman
|
6/24/14
|
My grandparents really knew how to cook. It seems to me that everyone born in “the Old Country” (in this case, Transylvania) was born with built-in cooking intuition. Somehow they could create the most scrumptious meals using no fancy equipment, and not even measuring spoons.
more
By Jaime Geller, JNS.org
|
6/24/14
|
I don’t often ask my husband Jerry to shop for me. When I go shopping, I buy items that we actually need. Jerry, on the other hand, buys whatever is on sale, whether we need it or not.
more
By Judy Joszef
|
6/18/14
|