24
Jun
Beshert | Finding My Childhood Bestie—60 Years Later!
My beshert moment on that unforgettable day wrapped me in so many memories of my childhood. In the early 1940s, as kids growing up in t...
08
Jan
Are We All Hasidim?
In a world in which any Jew is a potential target of anti-Semitism, it is the most visible Jews who are most threatened. Jews with black hats, with tight curls hanging down below their ears and black coats and women wearing modest head coverings, they are the most vulnerable. Jews in synagogues. In Brooklyn, as in Jersey City and Monsey, violence against individuals in their Hasidic communities is almost an everyday event. If someone wants to do harm to a Jew, Hasidic Jews and their communities are and have become easy targets.
24
Sep
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Discusses Career, Role Models at Moment Awards Dinner
“This latest has been my fourth cancer bout,” Ginsburg said. “And I found each time that when I’m active, I feel much better than if I’m just lying about and feeling sorry for myself.”
28
Jun
The Haredi PR Problem: Bad For (All) The Jews
by Ezer Smith
There has been some outrage recently over an Orthodox custom known as metzitzah b’peh, and justifiably so: The custom,...
12
Jun
A New Jew?
by Kara A. Kaufman
A landmark study of Jewish life released today reveals the deep and sometimes surprising changes the Jewish commu...
02
Nov
Not So Secular: Jews Occupy Wall Street
by Steven Philp
The Occupy Wall Street movement is populated by the disaffected and anti-religious left--that is, if you ignore the Je...
13
Jul
A Shakeup in District 9
by Theodore Samets
In Monday’s Huffington Post, Ed Koch, the former Democratic mayor of New York City, and an outspoken supporter of I...
06
Jul
Jew vs. Jew
by Steven Philp
In light of the fact that anti-Semitism exists within contemporary society, a large number of Jews devote their time...
22
Jun
Stay Salty, Smoked Salmon
by Theodore Samets
Growing up, I was scared of lox.
Well, at least I thought it was lox. Turned out, the slimy, pinkish orange, col...