Any serious effort to understand the Rebbe, Rav Menachem Mendel Schneerson, must begin with his understanding of Israel ben Eliezer, aka, the Baal Shem Tov (“Master of the Good Name”) because the ...

In our encounter with the Divine that characterizes these days leading up to Rosh Hashana, we consider our faults and shortcomings and endeavor to do better – and in doing better, to draw nearer to ...

This coming Shabbat, September 4-5, is the 23rd of Elul 5786. When the 23rd of a Jewish month is on Shabbat, it usually means that we bentch Rosh Chodesh, which will be on the following Shabbat (or ...

Klemperer was deeply affected by the plight of Jews during the Holocaust and was supportive of the State of Israel and Jewish cultural institutions. His decision to conduct the Israel Philharmonic ...

The parsha ends not with resolution but with presence. The offerings of the Nesiim arrive day after day, each one identical in form, yet carried by a different heart. The Torah repeats every detail as ...

Rabbi Klein responds: Fascinating! That seems to reflect what I wrote – how the names Frida and Freyda are often conflated. And you tied it in to Shlomit, even though in my article I connected it to ...

Since the mid-19 th century, expositions and fairs have generated trade and relations between nations and, as early as 1898, an “International Scientific, Industrial and Philanthropic Fair” was ...

A little more than 50 years ago, on December 6, 1975, a makeshift Shabbat prayer service was held in the cavernous ballroom of Lincoln Square Synagogue, which was then located on West 69th Street and ...

Assessments derived from commercial satellite imagery that were conducted independently by David Albright, a former United Nations weapons inspector, and Decker Eveleth, an associate research analyst ...

Moshe does not begin by discussing military manpower or asking whether the other tribes can manage without them. He raises a much more basic moral question: How can you allow your brothers to place ...

Seventy-five years ago, I celebrated my bar mitzvah in Kansas City, Missouri. It was a festive and memorable occasion but the memory of one peripheral feature of the event has troubled me to this very ...

Half a year has passed since the war began. So many difficult, soul-wrenching pictures have been shared. But yesterday I was sent a picture that encouraged me and lifted my spirits. Brigadier General ...