Should bigamy remain illegal just because we don’t like it? While many family advocacy groups in the United States have been working over time to fight against the legal institutionalization of same sex marriage another issue has slowly crept up. The US Supreme Court is currently deciding whether the ban…
Israel can’t wait for you on Iran
We Jews paid with the lives of six million of our brothers and sisters last time we waited for the world to step in and save us—this time that type of waiting is not an option The Iranian nuclear threat is uppermost in the minds of many Israelis and Jews…
Obama and Hilary Clinton: can Israel rely on either?
The stakes in Iraq at the moment are very high and they have a direct bearing on the United States and world security This week three prominent Jews from Hollywood, Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, decided to host a fundraiser for Illinois Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama….
A Revolution in the Study of Judaism
The Taryag Mitzvah Project promises to revolutionize the way Judaism is studied If there were a definitive book on Judaism, which one would it be? The Talmud? Maybe the Zohar or Maimonides’ code of Jewish law? Possibly a combination of the above? There is a problem though: none of these…
Rabbis and Politics
Israeli PM with Rabbi Yossef Religious leaders need to set aside any personal political bias, give opinion based on honest, objective interpretation of Biblical law As a rabbi who at times writes about current events and politics people often write to me saying that rabbis should keep out of politics…
Olmert’s Immoral War
Olmert and his subordinates have handsomely earned their dismal ratings – let us hope that they now get the message and make way for new and responsible leadership to take over Polls out just this week show that 77 percent of Israelis are dissatisfied with Ehud Olmert’s performance as Prime…
Carter: Antisemitism, Not Peace
Carter’s latest book, "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid" takes my antipathy for the man to an entirely new level, for in my view with this book he has shown himself to be an antisemite The Israel–Egypt negotiations resulting in the Camp David accords in the late 1970s were before my time….
Incredible contribution to Seattle menorah fiasco
Dr. Laura Schlessinger Making a point not to celebrate Christmas is a powerful way of emphasizing our Jewish identity and saving our children from identity issues in the future Since my weekly column appears on Friday, I was not planning on writing about the Seattle International Airport menorah/Christmas tree fiasco…
Child Raising Tips
This advice will impact not only our short term child/parent interactions, it will affect our children positively far into their adulthood Birthdays have a curious way of making us stop, think and take stock. Last week my eldest son celebrated his fifth birthday. It seems amazing that five years…
Who is a Jew Equals Who is Israel?
Denying Israel’s religious authorities the right to decide who is and who is not considered a Jew undermines the Jewish status of Israel and causes the entire character of the Israeli state to fall even further into question The current “Who is a Jew” crisis, which is irritating many Diaspora…