For centuries, we have been told that our unity will save both us and humanity. We won’t listen and the world hates us for it. In the aftermath of the US elections, the voices of many prominent Jews are heard…
As we reflect on the Holocaust, we should also remember that we have a way to prevent it from recurring. Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is an opportunity to reflect on the reason for the world’s unending hatred…
The wall we should focus on is not the wall with Mexico; it’s the one that keeps America divided. Take a look at the last few months: So much energy and so many resources put into heated clashes between people…
UNESCO’s theme for this year’s International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, occurring January 27, is “From Words to Genocide: anti-Semitic Propaganda and the Holocaust.” The goal of the debates on this day is to “examine the…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (2nd R) and his wife Melania take the stage with Vice President-elect Mike Pence (L) and his wife Karen at a pre-inauguration candlelight dinner with supporters at Union Station in Washington, U.S. January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan…
As a Kabbalist, specializing in the intricacies of human nature, I know that as the situation in Europe worsens, and it will, the pressure on the Jews will grow. The hatred toward them will soar and they will undoubtedly be…
Cologne’s mayor, Henriette Reker, has been lambasted this week for her “keep an arm’s length” advice to German women, in the wake of New Year’s apparently coordinated mass sexual assaults, when, according to The Guardian, “Scores of women say they were…
Following the jihadist attack on a kippa [Jewish skull-cap] wearing Jewish teacher in Marseille, the president of the city’s Jewish community, Zvi Ammar, advised French Jews to leave their kippas at home. In my view, it is time for the Israeli Foreign Office to…
2016 was a year many people would gladly forget. The question is, “What will it take to make 2017 better?” Thousands of victims of international terrorism, mass-migration, the Iran deal, the Zika virus, Brexit stuns the UK, Donald Trump stuns…
Is there anything more demeaning than to be degraded to the level of a robot and be bullied for being unable to perform like one? On December 21st, Prof. Victor Tan Chen published a fascinating analysis of the unemployed in…
Money will not save Aleppo’s children, but true love will. Yet, they will have none until we nurture it among us. In the last few months, the horrid humanitarian crisis in Aleppo has surpassed the worst atrocities we have seen…
I believe the time has come to clear up some misconceptions about anti-Semitism. 1) What is anti-Semitism, and what it isn’t? Anti-Semitism is not about religious disputes. The Holocaust had nothing to do with religion, and everything to do with…