2015 began very badly. It’s not that 2014 was a joy ride, but the level of anti-Jewish violence has evidently jumped a phase. On January 20, I wrote in a blog post for The Jerusalem Post that it looks like…

The latest round in the battle for permission to pray at the kotel (Wailing Wall) reflects the sad state of our people. Theoretically, “Reform rabbis have made small gains in Israel, and in January the movement was jubilant over ……

The US social fabric is going through a test whose outcome is anyone’s guess. If you look at the history of unrests in the US, it is clear that they are on an upward trend. It is not that there haven’t been…

The Israeli Independence Day always gets me pensive. With its reliance on military and monetary aid from the US, and its extensive export to Asia, Europe, and North America, it’s ironic, almost sardonic to think of the state of Israel…

Over the years, the Holocaust Memorial Day has lost much of its weight. The vast majority of Holocaust survivors have perished, and many Jews feel that mentioning the atrocities perpetrated by otherwise civilized nations interferes with “normalizing” the relationships between…

There are many ways to look at Jewish history, depending on the context and the message that the examination wishes to point out. But if you look at the history of Jew-hatred from the perspective of the haters rather than…

Every year right before Holocaust Remembrance Day, I reflect upon what might have been, and what the future holds, especially these days, as pre World War II anti-Semitic displays are reemerging, and the political climate is growing stormier concerning the…

Dear Michael: My name is Michael Laitman, and I am a Jew living in Israel. Your Story about the experience your son had had in Southern Europe touched me deeply. I admire your courage to expose what many fear to…

Here’s a bit of Jewish wisdom (Masechet Iruvin, 13b): “All who woos greatness, greatness escapes him. And all who escapes greatness, greatness woos him.” Such was Moses, the ideal role model for a leader. In these days of Passover, remembering…

You cannot overstate the importance of the elections just held in Israel. The astounding 72.3 percent voter turnout demonstrates that people felt that this time was different. They felt that they were choosing between two ways, and each side truly…

Spring cleaning, if we go by Wikipedia, is “the practice of thoroughly cleaning a house in the springtime. The most common usage of spring cleaning refers to the yearly act of cleaning a house from top to bottom, which would…