By: Sharona Anti-Semitism is a word that many Westerners get sick of hearing from Jews and Israelis. Many people see it as something of the past and do not understand at all why people continue … Read More
The New Anti-Semitism: A Pandemic Hatred Against the Jewish People
By Olivier Jack Melnick I. Understanding the New Anti-Semitism How different is the New Anti-Semitism from the old? The NEW Anti-Semitism has a lot in common with what I call the old anti_Semitism as far … Read More
Who Will Lead Israel in These Troubling Times?
“…but there shall be a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations, that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.” 1 Samuel 8:19b-20 … Read More
Responding to a Higher Calling…
Responding to a Higher Calling… “And this shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls, and not do any work, … Read More
Parashah for Chol HaMoed Passover
בס”ד Parashah for Chol HaMoed Passover Exodus 33:12-34:26 Maftir: Numbers 28:19-25 Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:1-14 There are special readings on this Shabbat because we are still in the midst of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. We … Read More
Self-inspection
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.” Psalm 19:14 We are now in the midst of a very … Read More
Rosh HaShanah
In a few days we will see the old year 5768 pass and the New Year of 5769 begin. But wait a minute I thought that the New Year in Judaism began in the spring … Read More
Preparation for Passover
As Passover approaches one of the things that we are doing in our home is cleaning it from all of the Chametz (leavened) things. Cleaning the Chametz is to commemorate the fact the Jewish people … Read More