The opening instruction in Parsha Emor — And G-d said to Moshe, “Say to the Kohanim, the sons of Aharon, and say to them, they should not become ‘tameh’ to people of the … more

Qatar’s foreign minister last week declared that his country will not normalize relations with Israel. And yet, not long ago … more

As Israel’s first president to visit the United Arab Emirates, Yitchak Herzog”s trip was a historic one and he was greeted with great pomp … more

Except for the saints among us, we all boast. Sometimes we boast about our own natural endowments, our good looks, or our athletic prowess. Often we boast about our achievements, social or … more

While many see the creation of the modern State of Israel as a reaction to the Shoah, that’s not how nearly 30 veterans of the 1948 War of Independence in Israel — all octogenarians, … more

The sages informed King David early one morning that the Jewish people required financial assistance. “Let them go and support one another,” the biblical king told them, as the Talmud … more

Enough is enough. My children said to me, Dad, what is this? And I said, it’s very easy. This is good, and this is evil, and there’s no … more

Disclaimer: This essay is a work of fiction. The author is a white Jewish male in his 60s, not a teenage African-American female. But he is a novelist with a number of titles to his name, so he makes … more

Editor’s note: With life in Russia increasingly under the gun, and with its Jews again in the crosshairs, we revisit this column from 2013. How ironic that a published history of the … more

By Jewish Star staff Issue of Sept. 5, 2008 The One Israel Fund, in conjunction with three local institutions, placed three bomb shelters at shuls in Sderot on Aug. 31, in an effort to … more