An Exploration into the Why of Anti-Semitism I. The Jewish Contribution to Civilization In 1808, John Adams, the second President of the United States, marveled at the unique Contribution of the Jewish People: 1.”In spite of Bolingbroke and Voltaire, I will insist that the Hebrews have done more
Read more →By Jonathan RosenblumMishpachaJanuary 30, 2008 I recently had an opportunity to speak at length with someone who has a broad familiarity with most of the institutions created in Israel to deal with chareidi kids who are outside of any regular educational format. In the course of the conversation, I mentioned
Read more →A new Pew survey on religion in America includes a Jewish snapshot, but Jewish demographers are disputing some of the findings.Published: 02/26/2008SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — American Jews are adopting and discarding their Jewish identities with increasing rapidity in a country that is becoming less white and less
Read more →Throughout the twentieth century, and continuing into the twenty-first, we see a trend almost unprecendented in the history of the world. The nations of the world have been moving towards a greater and greater unity. It started after World War I with the founding of the League of Nations.
Read more →What does that famous Midrash about all of us being at Sinai and accepting the Torah really mean? The Midrash appears in this week’s portion and offers us an opportunity to delve into the matter. The theme of Parshat Nitzavim is the special covenant God made with
Read more →ARAB / ISLAMIC NOBEL WINNERS From a pool of 1.4 BILLION Muslims 20% of World’s Population(2 out of every 10 people)Literature1988 – Najib Mahfooz Peace1978 – Anwar El-Sadat1994 – Yasser Arafat2003 – Shirin Ebadi Chemistry 1999 – Ahmed ZewailPhysicsAbdus Salam…….. Norwegian, Kaare Kristiansen was a member of the Nobel Committee. He resigned in 1994 to protest
Read more →Author: Caroline Glick THE JERUSALEM POST Mar. 24, 2008 Moshav Tzipori, in the Lower Galilee, is a microcosm of the history of the Land of Israel. A regional capital under King Herod, Tzipori was the seat of Jewish learning and the preservation of the Torah through some of the most tumultuous periods
Read more →Tisha B’Av – which falls this year on July 24 – always brings back the personal memory of a conversation between two teen-aged cousins more than thirty years ago. It took place on the outskirts of a non-religious kibbutz in the Galilee, on a hill overlooking a
Read more →Author: Rabbi Yosef Eisen INNERNET MAGAZINEhttp://innernet.org.ilJune 2007 * * * “THE SPANISH INQUISITION” by Rabbi Yosef Eisen * * * In the middle of the twelfth century, fanatical Almohad Muslims overran Southern Spain, causing a massive Jewish exodus to the Christian North. At first, the Christians proved
Read more →Breishit 14 Avraham and Yishmael: Why the Arabs Today’s section deals with the birth of Yishmael, recognized by both the Jews and the Arabs as the ancestor of the Arab people. Ask: Is it a good thing that the Arab people came into existence? (People might be shocked at the
Read more →Author: Avraham Goldhar and Kurt Stein 1. Introduction: Jewish History is Really World History Welcome to Aish HaTorah’s Crash Course in Jewish History. You may be surprised to know that studying Jewish history is actually something Judaism obligates us to do. “Zechor yemos olam,” says the Torah. “Remember the
Read more →Author: Rabbi Kalman Packouz It has been said that the history of almost all of the Jewish holidays can be summed up succinctly: “They wanted to kill us; we won. Let’s eat.” Why has anti-Semitism been so pervasive in so many countries, in so many time periods and
Read more →Author: © Paul Halsall June 1997 halsall@murray.fordham.edu At the beginning of his career it is often said that Luther was apparently sympathetic to Jewish resistance to the Catholic Church. He wrote, early in his career: The Jews are blood-relations of our Lord; if it were proper to
Read more →Questions for Discussion Is your dog Jewish? Can one person be more Jewish than another? What is Judaism –religion, race, nationality? What do we stand for? Name a Jewish celebrity – ask yourselves why you know that. Will your children be Jewish? Will your Grandchildren be Jewish?
Read more →The Destruction of European Jewry: A Devastation of Singular Dimensions By Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg zt’l Since 1945, the Jewish people can never again be the same. The destruction of European Jewry 60 years ago was one of those singular occurrences in Jewish history that left the Jewish people permanently
Read more →Introduction: Jewish History is Really World HistoryWelcome to Aish HaTorah’s Crash Course in Jewish History.The study of Jewish History is actually something Judaism obligates us to do. “Zechor yemos olam,” says the Torah. “Remember the days of history,” Binu shenos dor vador. * “Understand the years of
Read more →Author: Jacob Berkamn Jews take 5 of top 6 spots in annual list of top US givers By JACOB BERKMAN / JTA 02/09/2011 17:05 19 of 53 on Chronicle of Philanthropy survey are Jewish, though less than one quarter of money given goes to overtly Jewish causes. Talkbacks (12)
Read more →Are there traits that we Jews have inherited? If so, what is it, how do we recognise it? This issue is interesting from a purely personal growth viewpoint. But it is also interesting in as much as these traits are crucial for the Jewish people fulfilling their
Read more →Goal: Illustrate the evil of a hedonist view of life and contrast it with the Jewish view of life. Secondary goal: Illustrate the role psychology has played in legitimizing evil. Teacher’s note: You’re goring some sacred cows here. Go carefully. Ask your class to read Genesis 25,19 —
Read more →Author: Caroline Glick THE JERUSALEM POST Mar. 24, 2008 Moshav Tzipori, in the Lower Galilee, is a microcosm of the history of the Land of Israel. A regional capital under King Herod, Tzipori was the seat of Jewish learning and the preservation of the Torah through some of the most tumultuous periods
Read more →This morning I counted. There were at least ten times the Hebrew name of Jerusalem, or its synonym Zion, passed my lips. Before breakfast. There was “Jerusalem, praise G-d,” “May You shine a new light on Zion,” “the Builder of Jerusalem,” and many more throughout the Jewish
Read more →Author: Yishai Fleisher for Kumah Mi Yimalel Gevorot Hashem Yashmiya Kol Tehilato, Who can express the mighty acts of Hashem, who can make heard all His praise! (Tehil. 106;2) After 1900 years of exile, the State of Israel has begun the work of in gathering Jews to
Read more →Reuven and Gad Moshe Rabbeinu seems to be very hasty in his reaction to the request of Reuven and Gad. He calls them deserters and accuses them of repeating the Chet HaMeraglim. He does this seemingly without fully hearing them (and their intentions) out. We see that
Read more →Author: Dr. Sol Bloch from Sedona, Arizona “Israel: Diverse, Creative, and Free” Israel, the world’s 100th smallest country, with less than 1/1000th of the world’s population, can lay claim to the following: Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world. Israel
Read more →Q:We are planning a trip to Israel and many of our friends and family have said that we are crazy for doing so. Do they have a point? How should we respond? Unfortunately, your situation is more the rule than the exception. Based on sensationalized media coverage, many perceive Israel as a perpetual
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