Photo Credit: Jewish Press There are men and women who truly consider themselves frum and exemplary in their observance of mitzvot. They are machmir in kashrut and meticulous in their Shabbat and Yom Tov observance. They even pride themselves on taking on stringencies that are not halachically required. Yet on their personal Yom Hadin, they will be shocked […]
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Photo Credit: from The Forward website The Jewish Forward,,,In name only When the Forward’s opinion editor, Batya Ungar-Sargon, went to speak at a conference at Bard College last month on racism and anti-Semitism, she didn’t anticipate being on the receiving end of a protest by Students for Justice in Palestine. She has proudly stated that […]
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Photo Credit: Amos Ben Gershom / GPO VP Joe Biden visits Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu Former US Vice President Joe Biden has stepped out from among the Democratic contenders in the 2020 presidential race to oppose any policy that would condition military aid to Israel upon compliance with freezing settlement activity in post-1967 territories. Biden […]
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Photo Credit: pixabay In this show, Jono and Ross discuss an article from the Jerusalem Post claiming that one scholar has made “new findings” that “might shatter biblical archeology paradigm.” His argument is based upon the idea that when the Torah mentions the place where G-d will place His name, the intended location is not […]
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Is humankind more or less unified than the generation of The Flood? Does the Tower of Babel hold any relevance in this era of Internet and NASA Exploration? Shaky questions for shaky times! Advertisement <!– Publisher #16: JewishPress.com Zone #113: Comment Banner / (02) / News Size #15: Banner 468×60 (Comments and Mobile) [468×60] –> […]
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Photo Credit: Yishai Fleisher (((CLICK BELOW TO HEAR AUDIO))) Before there was Global Warming – there was the great flood that came because of mankind’s immorality. Rav Mike Feuer joins Rabbi Yishai Fleisher to discuss Noah’s scientific prowess, his building of the ark, and the attempt to create a new society in the wake of […]
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Photo Credit: Jewish Press The Torah describes Noach as a “tamim,” a “tzaddik,” and one who “walked with G-d” (“es HaElokim hishalech Noach”). What is a “tzaddik”? Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); This word is used to describe someone who sustains others as well […]
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Photo Credit: unsplash Few horror movie fans will forget the moment that the little girl in “Poltergeist II” chillingly says, “They’re back.” I felt that same chill last week listening to Elizabeth Warren unabashedly proclaim, “Everything is on the table” when it comes to getting Israel to support a two-state solution. The nightmare of incessant […]
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Photo Credit: Jewish Press Noach was “perfectly righteous in his generation” and therefore spared from the Great Flood that destroyed most of the world. Why, then, does Yeshaya HaNavi call the flood “the water of Noach (Yeshaya 54:9), which implies that he was somehow responsible for it? The Zohar says the Flood is attributed to […]
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