Although people of the Jewish faith can usually be relied upon to vote that straight party ticket, the Democratic one of course, matters are not so clear this time around. Before we get to that, we have to deal with…
Chanukah is celebrated this year from Sunday night, Dec. 18, through Monday, Dec. 26, at sunset, corresponding to the Hebrew calendar days of 25 Kislev through 2 Tevet. Chanukah is so interesting, isn’t it? It’s the easiest of all our…
The book Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America! by Ronald Dalton Jr. is now in the news. It is full of vicious, anti-Semitic lies. At a time when we Jews have been all too often subjected to actual physical…
This is Saturday. My 78th birthday was yesterday, November 25, 2022. I am so blessed to be celebrating it in America, in Beverly Hills, in bed with my Big Wifey, and with my pals, I just cannot adequately express it….
Controversy has erupted over the behavior of rapper Ye (Kanye West), NBA player Kyrie Irving, and comedian Dave Chappelle. Ye was prepared to go “death con 3” against Jews, who he claimed mistreated black artists. Irving tweeted a movie that…
Over the past three years, Israel has had more elections for its head of government than any other country. It’s democracy on steroids. A country of just over seven million Jews (74 percent of the total), two million Arabs (21…
How to respond to someone who insults you? It depends. How deep was the insult? How personal? How dangerous? Will a response enhance your own position or embroil you in a conflict that you don’t need? Let’s say you are…
In one of the early Honeymooners episodes (an eight-minute skit, before Audrey Meadows joined), Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) suspects his wife, Alice, is cheating on him (she is actually secretly meeting a jeweler to buy him a ring). Ever loyal…
New York state educational authorities voted this week to enforce their curriculum preference on conscientiously objecting Jewish religious schools. A fierce and passionate popular reaction is boiling over in the communities affected by the government’s overreach. Jewish law requires respecting…
Yeshiva University (YU) was established in 1886 and serves as America’s flagship Modern Orthodox Jewish institution. Since its founding, YU has graduated some of the nation’s foremost Jewish thinkers and leaders who have led committed Jewish lives professionally and personally….