Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Moshe FeiglinThe importance of the caucus on organ harvesting in China, sponsored recently by the Liberal Lobby in the Knesset, cannot be exaggerated. On the surface, the caucus’s topic seems odd. Knesset members and other VIPs were called together to discuss horrors being perpetrated by the Communist regime in China against what the government there calls “regime opponents.”
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Dov ShurinMy mother, the eldest daughter of Reb Yaakov Kamenetsky, zt”l, was niftar last month at the age of 92. She took her last breath in her home in Efrat, Israel, next door to the shul that was my father’s for 24 years before his passing in 2007.
On Feeling The Pain Of A Bombing Victim
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Louis Rene BeresFollowing the Boston Marathon bombing, one crucial point will likely remain overlooked. The most loathsome aspect of this or any other terror bombing attack on civilians will always lie in the inexpressibility of physical pain. While all decent people will abhor the idea of bombs expressly directed at the innocent, whether here or in other countries, none will ever be able to process the very deepest horrors of what has been inflicted.
A Word Is Worth 100,000 Shekels
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahThe rav was not a wealthy man, but earned enough to live comfortably. He earned his money by serving as the rav of a religious community in Yerushalayim. He also received some royalties from sefarim he had written over the years. He was well known, and many people approached him for a berachah, advice and help. They were not turned away.
Regards From ‘Down Under’ – And What The PA Really Wants
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Keeping JerusalemIt's only natural to see increasing evidence of Jerusalem's glorious Jewish past being unearthed, quite literally, under modern Israeli sovereignty. The new archaeological finds are also very timely – as the Arab onslaught attempting to detach Jerusalem from its Jewish roots gains steam, the facts on the ground, or "under" the ground, show quite otherwise.
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
Judaism → Columns → Rabbi Lord Jonathan SacksTanach, the Hebrew Bible, is remarkable for the extreme realism with which it portrays human character. Its heroes are not superhuman. Its non-heroes are not archetypal villains. The best have failings; the worst often have saving virtues. I know of no other religious literature quite like it.
One Woman’s Journey (Part Two)
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointLast week I shared a letter from a newly observant Jewish woman. She and her husband reside in a small suburban community outside of Los Angeles. Last year they came to consult with me on a personal religious issue. While they were both ba’alei teshuvah, there was one fine difference between them. He had become a ba’al teshuvah earlier than she and was therefore somewhat more settled in an observant lifestyle.
Prayer – The Right To Argue With God
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsThe Talmud (Berachot 26b) says, "tefillot avot tiknum" – “prayer was established by the avot.” The Talmud then uses the following verse (Bereshit 19:27) to prove how Avraham established prayer: "Vayaskem Avraham baboker el hamakom asher amad sham et pnei Hashem" – "And Avraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before God."
Why The al-Dura Blood Libel Still Matters
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsNearly 13 years ago, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak journeyed to Camp David to end the conflict with the Palestinians. With the approval of President Clinton, he offered Yasir Arafat an independent Palestinian state in almost all of the West Bank, Gaza and in part of Jerusalem. Arafat said no.
When FDR Used The IRS Against Jewish Activists
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsThe news that the Internal Revenue Service unfairly targeted conservative groups has brought renewed spotlight on a 2010 lawsuit filed by the pro-Israel group Z Street, which alleges it was also singled out by the IRS when applying for tax-exempt status.
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
InDepth → EditorialIn an editorial last week (“Circling the Wagons”) we noted the efforts by the administration and its supporters to dismiss allegations that the government’s spin on the Benghazi attack was designed to shield the president and that the IRS was improperly used to stifle opposition to Mr. Obama’s reelection.
Iran: A Welcome Burst Of Sanctions
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
InDepth → EditorialAs the controversies besetting the Obama administration continue to grow in number and intensity, the prospect that President Obama would seriously consider military action against Iran, should that country continue its drive to become a nuclear power, becomes more and more remote. So we welcome the current enhancement of sanctions against Iran on the federal and New York State levels.
A Hero When Jews Desperately Needed One: An Interview with Hank Greenberg Biographer John Rosengren
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
InDepth → Interviews and ProfilesTo his parents’ friends, he was “Mrs. Greenberg’s disgrace,” but to sports fans he is one of the greatest – if not the greatest – Jewish baseball players of all time. Long before Sandy Koufax, Hank Greenberg excited Jewish sports fans with his prowess on the baseball diamond.
Emir Of Qatar Blames Israel For Arab Turmoil
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
News → Middle EastJERUSALEM – As Shiite Hizbullah and Sunni anti-Syrian government rebels battle across Syria and Lebanon, and Egyptian and Jordanian forces confront al Qaeda terrorists in the Sinai and southern Jordan, the emir of Qatar blamed Israel for the chaos that threatens to plunge the entire region into war.
Who’s Watching The Store? Self-Regulation In Kashrut
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
InDepth → Front PageTo eat is to live – to keep our physical bodies alive. For without the body, there is nothing. No experience. No memory. No joy and no hardship. But man, unlike animals, eats to live and to enjoy. So how should a Jew respond when he is challenged as to why he imposes upon himself not just ceremonies dedicated to the enjoyment of eating but even more to the limiting of what he can eat?
Pressing Poland On Holocaust Restitution Presents Dilemma For U.S., Jewish Groups
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
News → HolocaustWASHINGTON – Poland is a stalwart American ally in Europe, a bulwark against an increasingly belligerent Russia and, with the recent opening of a major new Warsaw museum, is enjoying a flush of accolades for its belated embrace of its Jewish roots.
Community Currents – May 24, 2013
Posted on: May 22nd, 2013
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