There are times in the history of peoples and nations when the decisions made shape the future. The three years after Israel’s foundation saw its population double through immigration, the way...
CollegeWeek: Targeting Some Jewish Students at Emory, Brown, and Princeton
Imagine being a student this week at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and having an eviction notice placed on the door of your dorm room because you are Jewish. That’s what happened to some...
Israelis Want to Know: What are American Jews Like?
One of the issues of concern to those in the Jewish world of late, has been the growing divide between Jews in Israel and Jews in America. There are about 6.5 million Jews in Israel and 5.3 million...
Maxwell House Percolates Hipness with Midge’s Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Haggadah
Kraft Heinz’s Maxwell House Coffee has created a joint promotion with Amazon Prime Video’s Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, to celebrate the Jewish...
Of “B” Mitzvahs, “Both” Mitzvahs, #Bagelgates, Trump’s Schleppers, and Other Newsbits
Did you catch the Alyson Krueger’s story in Thursday’s New York Times on the growth of B MITZVAHS for non binary, gender fluid, and other gender non-conforming 13 years olds? Also known...
Bibi Love?
Keren Hayesod Street is one of the main arteries of West Jerusalem, connecting tony, residential Emek Refaim with Jerusalem’s downtown core and King George street. Folks wandering up or down...
Three Weddings and a Crucible
In a week when about 18,000 Israel-focused attendees enjoyed lectures, lobbying and lofty speeches at the annual AIPAC confab at Washington DC’s convention center, more than 24 American rabbis...
TJS S3E3 Mass immigration and ingathering the exiles – part I
In the first two years after Israel’s independence the Jewish population doubled. Such massive immigration put an almost fatal stress on the resources and social fabric of the young state...
Is My Name David or Dayveed?
One of the cool things about the whole Westboro Baptist thing is that former member Megan Phelps Roper is really compelling. So compelling that she gets interviewed. A lot. And in some of those...
The Oldest Hatred, a practical analysis
Hatred of the Jews is the oldest and most pervasive form of prejudice which humanity knows. In this episode Rav Mike uses the comments of Haman to ask not only why we are hated, but also what we can...