It sometimes seems as if the see-saw debate about the true intentions of Mahmoud Abbas and his Palestinian Authority has been with us for an eternity. One day, we’ll be saying that Abbas is … more

Rabbi Menachem Recanati, the 13th century Italian commentator, quotes the Zohar in making what is seemingly a bizarre claim — that until Avraham was circumcised, he was never intimate with … more

Allah Hu Akbar [G-d is great].” These are the final words witnesses say the terrorist screamed before ramming his car into a crowd, killing three month old Chaya Zissel and wounding several … more

The biggest Election Day question is, will the Democratic Party retain control of the Senate or will the Republicans take over.  In the Senate today, Democrats (including independents who … more

How many of you have said that you would not eat for a week because you were so stuffed from six meals over the three day Rosh Hashanah holiday? What about after the first days of Sukkot? more

The opera “The Death of Klinghoffer” opened at the Met. Rightly castigated for its invocation of unpleasant Jewish stereotypes and its apologia for the Palestinian terrorists’ … more

Sleight of hand is used by a magician to manipulate objects such as cards and coins secretly. It’s also a technique used by politicians to hide events or actions taken which may be criticized … more

The Yazidi people fleeing into the cold cruel mountains of Iraq to avoid massacre; hundreds of thousands of Kurds running across the borders into Turkey and Jordan to escape beheadings and mass rape … more

When we are introduced to Noach at the beginning of the parsha, Rashi notes that his being called a tzaddik (righteous man) “in his generation” could be interpreted either … more

One of the most charismatic young rabbis in education today is Rabbi Aryeh Cohen, the Mashgiach Ruchani at the DRS High School in Woodmere. Recently Rabbi Cohen assembled in book form … more