A selection of Summer reads for the Northern Hemisphere (and Winter Reads for the Southern) BIG...
Juneteenth: It isn’t Passover or Heschel Day
Some of my friends are a funny lot. If you mention Juneteenth and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...
TJS S3E31 Six Day War part V – something miraculous
What do you see as the greatest miracles in Jewish History? In many ways, how you answer indicates...
Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, Mrs. Butterworth… Should Mrs. Adler Be...
It only took over a century, but PepsiCo/Quaker, the Aunt Jemima brand’s current owner, has...
TJS S3E30 Six Day War IV – The waiting
Going into battle may take bravery, but waiting demands a certain type of courage as well. This...
TJS S3 Interlude – George Floyd and the burden of history
I can’t watch what is happening in silence, but nor am I willing to simply be a cheerleader...
TJS S3E29 Six Day War III Israel Dwells
The countdown to war is progressing, and the pieces are almost all in place. As the pressure...
TJS S3E28 The Six Day War II – The point of no return
The causes of war may be many and the road to its outbreak long, but every conflict has a tipping...
Israel Memorial Day / Yom Hazikaron under Corona Lockdown
Israel’s Memorial Day, officially known as Israeli Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism...
TJS Interlude – Finding the essential on Yom Haatzmaut
Here is an interview of me by Rabbi Yonatan from the RRG Beit Midrash at Hebrew University in which...