From the start of the operation through the morning of March 4, approximately 9,200 Israelis entered the country, the vast majority via land crossings, with a small number arriving by sea or air, ...

The fifth weekly biblical portion in Deuteronomy is Shoftim, “Judges.” The rabbis who were descendants of the ancient Pharisees viewed this portion as supporting the Pharisees’ views, rather than ...

This biography tells the story of Theresa Bernstein and her deep love for art, especially painting and sketching. Though she had a remarkable artistic eye, living in the early 1900s brought ...

A friend of mine, Henry Srebrnik, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Prince Edward Island, recently had a friend of his, Harry Koza, comment on one of his forwards that the Canadian ...

In Ki Sisa, after the trauma of the Golden Calf, Hashem calls us an am k’shei oref, a stiff-necked people. It sounds like an indictment. A spiritual diagnosis with a grim prognosis. But Moshe Rabbeinu ...

Lynn Margulis (March 5, 1938 – November 22, 2011) was an American evolutionary biologist who was the primary modern ...

Once, memory depended on survival. Now, memory depends on meaning. Technology can store stories. Communities can honor them. But only human beings can give them purpose. In a world that often feels ...

Of course, a gubernatorial forum in California is not the place for a debate over Israeli foreign policy. Governors do not set foreign policy. But they do influence how states respond to ...

Ever since that heinous 1994 terror attack, AJC has called for justice for the 85 people murdered. Now, one of the main perpetrators is in control of the Iranian regime’s terror arm. The Iranian ...

Harrison in San Diego Following are statements and analyses submitted to San Diego Jewish World by recognizable Jewish indivi ...

As a high school student in Florida, I spent much of my time challenging administrators and founding my school’s Gay Straight ...

Aaron, caught in the crush, does not deliver a sermon on monotheism. He stalls—asks for their gold, hoping reluctance will ...