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Featured Video: The Greatest Response to Jew Hatred I Have Ever Seen

Posted on June 22, 2016

The Greatest Response to Jew Hatred I Have Ever Seen From Israel Video Network Lest any Jew forgets – because of all the violence directed at us, the hatred, the incitement to kill, the vile words, the missiles, the rockets, the knives, the rocks, the deafening silence of the world that we all feel right Continue Reading »

Featured Video: Surrounded by Anti-Israel Haters, Ben Shapiro did what we all Wish we Could do.

Posted on June 5, 2016

From Israel Video Network: “Ben Shapiro, reporter and talk show host, makes the trip to his Alma Mater, UCLA, to make a statement against the BDS, a pro-Palestinian movement who supports boycotting Israeli products made in Judea and Samaria. “I have never been more ashamed to be an alumnus of this university,” Shapiro tells the Continue Reading »

Rosh Hashanah is in 27 days!

Posted on August 19, 2015

On the High Holy Days we are asked to shake off bad behaviors so as to enhance life and not harm others. Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik adds another dimension: teshuva – repentance – as an act of re-creation. The idea is to make and take the time, to pause to review our lives, to examine and Continue Reading »

The Elephant in the Room….No Longer

Posted on March 11, 2015

 I am no expert on how elephants (and other animals) are treated at Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey but as a kid who remembers going to the circus and seeing those majestic creatures parade and perform, last week’s announcement that they will no longer be a part of the “Greatest Show On Earth” reminded Continue Reading »

Purim’s Truths and Falsehoods

Posted on March 4, 2015

A BRIEF JEWISH  THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK     Purim’s Truths and Falsehoods Many scholars hold that, while Megillat Esther, the Book/Scroll of Esther, is a superb piece of literature (it is written in a chiastic* structure) it none the less reflects a fictitious account of events in Persia.  The story fuses two classic Persian literary Continue Reading »