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Rabbi Aaron I. Reichel, Esq., is a New York attorney who has written many articles on secular and Jewish topics, and has written, edited, and/or supplemented various biographies, most notably of Rabbi ...

Question: What do Marion Anderson, Pete Seeger, John Lennon, Woody Gutherie, Harry Belafonte, and Bob Dylan all have in common? Marion Anderson’s signature on a 1955 Israel Philharmonic program.

Abulafia describes the initial encounter with prophetic awareness and how it impacts the recipient. The “use” that can be made of prophecy is highly contingent upon the preparation and training of the ...

Harvard University has shown appropriate sensitivity to the African American community by agreeing to relinquish seven photographs of half-naked Black slaves, which a professor commissioned in 1850 ...

Abortion is complex on many levels – halachically, hashkafically, emotionally, and politically. For the American Jewish community, the issue is fraught because of the secular laws and politics ...

In the financial world, few things offer more comfort than receiving a large sum of cash. The challenge is how to handle a windfall responsibly based on the markets, economic environment, and personal ...

I have read a lot about you in the media since your release from captivity in Gaza. I feel a great sense of closeness to what is being said about you. I feel this way because I have experienced ...

Walter Disney (1901-66), a worldwide cultural icon, was an animator, film producer, and entrepreneur credited with pioneering the American animation industry. His films, which are beloved worldwide, ...

The Mishna (Sanhedrin 9:1) states that a murderer receives his death penalty via sayif (execution via sword, one of the four methods that a Jewish court would carry ...

Many of the slogans chanted by antisemitic mobs on university campuses and in major cities following the October 7, 2023, atrocities – “genocide… starvation ...