Grass roots rally against biased media: August 7, 2014 Columbus Circle, 6pm -9pm
‘We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children,’ applies to everyone on this earth, but the Jewish version is from the story of Honi the Circle Maker- in which Honi...
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We can no longer remain blind to the renewed focus on armed jihad in Islamic fundamentalism. Although MANY still read about the latest events in the Middle East with a sense of distance, the world...
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Prime Minister David ben Gurion’s vision of the state of Israel was as a moral and social beacon to the entire world, echoing the prophet Isaiah’s vision – the state of Israel would be as a “Light Unto...
View ArticleFly-By in New York, Over the Shore – In Support of Israel!
Clear blue skies! Puffy white cumulus clouds! Perfect for a Sunday morning flight over the beaches, along the New York and New Jersey shorelines. This was a ‘FLY-BY FOR ISRAEL’ flight, a gem of an idea...
View ArticleThirty Years After Operation Moses: Sigd-2014
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View ArticleRabbis Rally! A Communal Call For a Better Deal!
Sages suggest that the heavens are more fully open during the Days of Awe, the days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, with the possibility for us to have a stronger connection to God. And so, on...
View ArticleThe ‘Costume Dilemma’
Every year in the fall, just about the time we change our clocks, Jewish families in the US are confronted with the ‘costume dilemma,’ when the Halloween question rears its ugly head. Whether to allow...
View ArticleLet the GIANT Menorah Building Begin! It’s CHANUKAH!
Public menorah displays for Chanukah date back to the mid-70s in the US, with the first public menorah in 1974 in Philadelphia and then another much, much larger one in 1975 in San Francisco, both part...
View ArticleThe Silence Is Now Broken on the NGO ‘Breaking the Silence!’
On a recent trip to Israel, I had the pleasure of meeting the national bird of Israel, the ‘hoopoe,’ in a Tel Aviv park. While researching this bird, I learned that unlike most other birds, this one...
View ArticleA teachable moment: Anyone Can Do It!
In Judaism, ‘tzedakah’ is the act of giving for charitable purposes; according to the Torah the amount should be 10% of one’s income. Jewish homes often have a box for collecting coins for the poor,...
View Article“10, 9, 8, 7, … liftoff!” Remembering Ilan Ramon 13 Years Later
Anyone growing up in the age of Russia’s Sputnik, when America’s space program literally took off as well, was fascinated with space travel and all that NASA developed in the next decades. Who can...
View ArticleYom HaAtzma’ut … New York style!
RIDDLE: What Could Be ALMOST as Fantastic for Yom HaAtzma’ut as a Trip to Israel… But Not Be a Trip? Seven years ago master pilot Robert Keleti had the magnificent idea to support Israel on Yom...
View ArticleRETREAT! On Passover you can ‘Retreat,’ and then ‘Return!’
When it comes to Passover, the old joke of ‘two Jews, three synagogues’ no longer applies. A visit to a Judaica store or even Amazon will offer hundreds of Haggadahs [Haggadot], and Haggadah source...
View ArticleAn Unusual Home…for a Torah
My mother, Bessie, [Breindel bat Reuven v’Malkah, z”l] died on the 11th of Sivan in 1990. Lung cancer claimed her life at the age of 76; she spent the last two months of her life in Calvary Hospital in...
View ArticleDevoted Japanese Supporters of Israel, Invite YOU to a Concert!
It’s gratifying to learn that Israel and the Jewish people have devoted friends in Japan, despite the fact that BDS is in the air, that anti-Semitism is on the rise worldwide, and that anti-Israel...
View ArticleA teachable moment: Anyone Can Do It!
In Judaism, ‘tzedakah’ is the act of giving for charitable purposes; according to the Torah the amount should be 10% of one’s income. Jewish homes often have a box for collecting coins for the poor,...
View Article“10, 9, 8, 7, … liftoff!” Remembering Ilan Ramon 13 Years Later
Anyone growing up in the age of Russia’s Sputnik, when America’s space program literally took off as well, was fascinated with space travel and all that NASA developed in the next decades. Who can...
View ArticleYom HaAtzma’ut … New York style!
RIDDLE: What Could Be ALMOST as Fantastic for Yom HaAtzma’ut as a Trip to Israel… But Not Be a Trip? Seven years ago master pilot Robert Keleti had the magnificent idea to support Israel on Yom...
View ArticleRETREAT! On Passover you can ‘Retreat,’ and then ‘Return!’
When it comes to Passover, the old joke of ‘two Jews, three synagogues’ no longer applies. A visit to a Judaica store or even Amazon will offer hundreds of Haggadahs [Haggadot], and Haggadah source...
View ArticleAn Unusual Home…for a Torah
My mother, Bessie, [Breindel bat Reuven v’Malkah, z”l] died on the 11th of Sivan in 1990. Lung cancer claimed her life at the age of 76; she spent the last two months of her life in Calvary Hospital in...
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