Asylum seekers find themselves displaced once again following the Oct. 7 massacre; deprived of government assistance due to bureaucracy, they rely on the kindness of others
What are the areas of consensus today between American Jewry and Israeli Jewry, and what are the points of controversy? The dean of the Ziegler Rabbinical School in Los Angeles sharpens them
The concept of the Jews’ genealogical purity has its ideational and literary foundation in the Mishnah and the Babylonian Talmud. Reading them, one discovers contemporary issues in ancient garb. A further, deeper reading reveals an incomparably fascinating and complex picture. Beware: myth ahead!
Did it occur or did it not? We are used to asking about myths, which are foundational stories in different cultures, including our own. But maybe that is not the right question, for if things really did happen just as the story tells, they are history and not myth. So what makes something a myth?
If contemporary individualistic life can feel at times as cold as a freezer, and if extremist ideologies are the equivalent of a hot toaster, then extremists will prevail, time and again. They are simply too fiery. What, then, can be done to advocate moderation through education?
