The charitable foundation of the parents of Jared Kushner, son-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, has been generous to a wide range of Jewish institutions in Israel and America, the Haaretz … more

In Parshat Ki Tetze we are told about a man who has two wives, one who is beloved (ahuva) and one who is detested (s’nuah) (Devarim 21:15). Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch notes that the term used … more

The Jewish Publication Society, the oldest Jewish publishing company in the United States, recently published “Modern Orthodox Judaism: A Documentary History,” by Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff, … more

Tibor Rubin was a Corporal in the Korean War when his battalion was ambushed by thousands of Chinese troops in the battle of Unsan, North Korea, in the fall of 1950. The Americans’ firepower … more

Being it’s after Thanksgiving as I write this article, and after a huge delicious Shabbat lunch at the Rothenbergs and an amazing night of non-stop eating on Sunday night at the Berg-Coplin … more

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was at his repellent best when he was interviewed by Israeli television journalist Ilana Dayan last week. Although the interview was pegged to the … more

This column started as View From Jerusalem. After I moved to the Upper West Side, it was switched to View From Central Park, a geographic marker of the move, from Jerusalem to New York. When I … more

Some in the media and or liberals in the U.S. government are treating the death of Fidel Castro as a loss for the world, describing him as a revolutionary, a … more

Unaware that she was carrying twins, Rivkah has second thoughts when the “child” in her rumbles around. The rabbis teach us that when she passed a house of study Yaakov tried to emerge, … more

Yes, with this edition dated December 2, we are to soon to observe the joyous holiday of Chanukah. With that said, it is my pleasure to once again cite for your reading pleasure another learned work … more