Jewish History
Walking Jerusalem’s History
Pin It Living in Israel is a special gift for many reasons. The beauty, the flora, the fauna, the people, but most of all, the history. You feel it with... Read More »
Questions for the Jewish Future
Pin It Though reports of the demise of America are greatly exaggerated the world is still at a crossroads. We are living in the age of democratization of the nuclear... Read More »
Jewish Relativity
Pin It Religious leaders often posit that the secular world is morally relative and adrift. The changing and metastasizing values of the larger world are no doubt foreboding and challenging... Read More »
The Dead Sea Scrolls Are on Display…Where?
Pin It The Dead Sea Scrolls are on display in Times Square. Yes, Times Square. They share a space at Discovery Times Square with an exhibition about the TV show,... Read More »
An Obituary for Zionism
Pin It Zionism, born in the 1890′s, died today of natural causes. Zionism, which in its early years began a life long career championing self-determination and civil rights ended life... Read More »
Now You Can Complete Your Collection, With This Hitler Doll From 7-Eleven
Pin It What’s next the SSÂ flavored Slurpee? YJNÂ is reporting that 7-Eleven Stores in Taiwan are selling this Adolf Hitler look alike collectors doll. Complete with a short black mustache, a... Read More »
Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part I: Introduction
Pin It An Analysis of the Clashes Between Judaic and Secular Studies in the Jewish Day School Read More »
My End-of-Summer visit to Valmadonna at Sotheby’s by Menachem Butler
Pin It [Note: I highly recommend watching the Sotheby's video about the exhibit ~DW] Several months ago I mentioned at the Michtavim blog about the Valmadonna Trust Library, its custodian,... Read More »
An Olah Without a Parachute XII
Pin It There is a war going on in our country. Fathers, brothers, sons, cousins and friends are leaving their families to go fight this war. Â The people left behind... Read More »
James Bond, Jabotinsky and the Holocaust
Pin It By Guest author Moshe Phillips A new motion picture in which James Bond fights Nazis and saves Jews during the Holocaust is scheduled for release this Chanukah season.... Read More »
Art Show at the Museum of the Underground Prisoners
Pin It Just when you think you’ve seen all that Jerusalem has to offer, along comes a surprise in the most unusual of spaces. For weeks, the Jerusalem municipality has... Read More »
Soapbox Hobo 2: Gambling with Sevens
Pin It There was a poem someone might have meant to write that could have gone like this: “It’ll be 21 years from when I wrote this song/Maybe 22 -we... Read More »
An Olah Without A Parachute: My Aliyah Adventure viii
Pin It An Arab terrorist decided to drive his car into a group of soldiers tonight. I had been close to that location earlier tonight.  Although, I probably wouldn’t have... Read More »
Seeking a Different Birthright Israel experience
Pin It Over the past decade over 100,000 Jews from around the world have participated on Taglit Birthright Israel’s amazing 10-day trip. Each trip offers participants a unique experience to... Read More »
Soapbox Hobo
Pin It You’ve probably seen him more often in TV, Movies and other visual media than you have on the street where he belongs. He’s the guy with the sign... Read More »
Haman’s Cup Found Under 70 Year Old Briton’s Bed
Pin It OK, that headline was just to grab your attention. I have no way of proving the Cup belonged to Haman from the Purim story in Megillath Esther (or... Read More »
Don’t Eat a Peach or Raisins and Almonds because Carrot Juice is Murder
Pin It We are on the approach to the Pentecost, also known as Shavuot. On the holiday of Shavuot there is a well known custom not to eat any meat.... Read More »
Natan Sharansky – Defending Identity
Pin It This morning I had the privilege of hearing a true giant speak, Natan Sharansky, about his newest book, Defending Identity, which goes on sale tomorrow. Sharansky spoke about... Read More »
King of Bahrain Appoints Jewish Woman to Serve as Ambassador to U.S.
Pin It According to an announcement by the official Bahrain News Agency on Thursday, King Hamad ibn Isa Al-Khalifah has issued a decree appointing Houda Ezra Nonoo, a Jewish woman,... Read More »
Sports, Religion & The Catskills: Part 3
Pin It In the past few articles, I’ve postulated that people who follow pro-sports do so to try to be part of a team. I’ve also postulated that people holding... Read More »
