Jewish History
Sports, Religion & The Catskills: Part 2
The Catskill Mountains and Other Jewish Past-Perfect Had-Beens Some of the reasons that the average person follows pro-sports (according to what we discussed) included an internal need to be part... Read More »
Sports, Religion & The Catskills: Part 1
Ask any Jewish Chicago Cubs fan if he finds a connection between his faithfulness to the Cubs and his Judaism. If the answer is not “yes,” then you’ve asked someone... Read More »
On The Brink, And Just Barely Being Held Back….And By What?
The first sociological experiment was done by a French Jew named Emile Durkheim. Durkheim wanted to prove that the one thing that everyone was SURE was psychological was in fact... Read More »
Justice Gabriel Bach: Eichmann Prosecutor
On April 10, 2008, Justice Gabriel Bach came to speak at Touro Law in Central Islip, New York. Who is he? He is a former Justice to the Israeli Supreme... Read More »
Rabbis’ New Role: Wedding Crashers
While those in the Internet reading community may not be aware, Brooklyn rabbis have recently banned marriage. I went undercover to find the story, and I now present my first... Read More »
State Department (Mildly) Decries Anti-Zionism as Anti-Semitism
Yesterday, the State Department published a report in which it drew a long-ignored connection between anti-Zionism and/or opposition to Israeli policy, and anti-Semitism. In its introduction, the 94-page report states:... Read More »
Belgian Holocaust Survivors and Families to get $170 Million
“In a certain way, justice has been done. Unfortunately, there are people who never came back” from the Nazi death camps, said Eli Ringer, the co-chair of the Committee on... Read More »
The Israeli “Limpieza de Sangre,” or, Are You Jewish Enough to Read This?
What is a Jew? And why does it matter? The number one article emailed over the last day from the NY Times is a piece from the magazine entitled “How... Read More »
Being a Heretic, or, How to Disagree With the Talmud
This is the third in a series of articles promoting the idea that people should feel free to come up with their own ways of interpreting biblical verses and Talmudic... Read More »
Iranian Jew
Born in Iran in 1951, there usually would be no question as to who holds my father’s allegiance, except for the fact that he is Jewish. His father a true... Read More »
Israel vs. Google
The city of Kiryat Yam is suing Google for a description which was posted on Google Earth that portrays the history of the city in a negative light. The following... Read More »
The Wisdom of the Ancient World Gets Some Good Press!
An article in Slate Magazine from April 10, 1998, by Steven E. Landsburg, discusses the way in which modern economic theory backs up the rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud. How... Read More »
The 69 Lost Tribes
This is an open article. I am specifically not being all-inclusive. Please add your comments and knowledge on the issue. I invite the moderators to combine the comments into the... Read More »
Israel should NOT be the only issue
I often hear that people vote for a particular candidate over another one is their stance towards Israel. “Oh, he’s great for Israel, he’s got my vote” or “They are... Read More »
Holocaust survivor to retire from Congress
Rep. Tom Lantos, a 79 year old 14 term Congressman from the San Fransisco area in California, announced that he has been diagnosed with cancer and is going to step... Read More »
Life Ain’t Easy for a Man Named “Country”
vs. We all have those stories of people with funny names. I happen to know a Rabbi Jesus, a Mashiach Ben David and a lovable guy a year older than... Read More »
What Are you doing on Christmas?
A friend of mine (who is not Jewish) called me today to ask me, “What do Jews do on Christmas?” I asked him if he wanted the stereotype or the... Read More »
The Fast of the Ninth of Tevet
a Medieval Jew carrying wine for the Sabbath The other day I was reading an article that a good friend sent to me about the fast of the Ninth of... Read More »
