It was an incredible display of mendacity. Led by more than 40 world leaders with linked arms, approximately 1.6 million people marched in Paris on Sunday. The marchers wanted to … more

This Shomot-week column by Rabbi Freedman was previously published. His fresh columns will resume next week. There is a puzzling story in this week’s portion, Shemot, which occurs just … more

Double dating. Most of us have been there, done that, but I bet none of your stories are as humorous as that of my husband Jerry.   Let’s go back to the mid 1970s. Jerry and his … more

A major American book publisher, deluged with criticism for leaving Israel off a map in its Middle East Atlas, has apologized and withdrawn the book from circulation. You don’t … more

Less than three months ago, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry claimed that there was a link between Islamist terrorism and frustration over the Palestinian issue. Yet despite vigorous recent … more

The Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst last Shabbat hosted one of America’s leading interpreters of the Bible text and commentaries, Rabbi Hayyim Angel, who presented to over 700 … more

When Barack Obama began his first term as president six years ago, foreign policy chatter was prone to including terms like “regime change” and “axis of evil” in … more

Calling 2014 a year of “unprecedented explosions of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel hatred,” the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s annual list of the top anti-Semitic and anti-Israel … more

Is forgiveness a virtue? Should we automatically forgive those who have wronged us? What if they do not necessarily deserve it? And how do we avoid the inevitable feelings of anger and … more

Yosef is sworn to bury Yaakov in the land of Canaan at the very beginning of the Torah portion (47:29-30). After he blesses his sons and gives them his final messages, Yaakov instructs all of his … more