A Need to Awake from an Evil Enchantment
Jews can assimilate, and they can disappear, and they can establish forms of religious practice as they wish. What they cannot do is claim that their Judaism is more appropriate and more correct.
Facebook Deems Rosh Hashannah “Sexually Provocative”
Facebook, has banned an advertisement promoting the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur saying that the ad is “sexually provocative or overly suggestive”.
Darwinism, Judaism and the Clash Between Science and Religion
The West’s concept of reason actually comes from the Hebrew Bible. Ideas such as an orderly and rational universe structured on a linear concept of time were revolutionary concepts introduced in the book of Genesis.
Sharp Drop in Abortions for Jewish Women in Israel
The number of Jewish women who get abortions every year decreases slightly, and in the past 25 years has gone down from 14,700 per year to 13,700 in 2015. Given the dramatic Jewish population boom, this means that the rate per thousand has gone down from 13.7 to 9.7.
The True Face of American Anti-Semitism is Primarily Anti-Orthodox
The epidemic of attacks against Jews in Brooklyn, N.Y., is a crisis, but it’s an afterthought to groups interested in weaponizing the issue for partisan purposes.
What the Jewish Left Needs to Understand About Working People
The gap between those promoting left-wing causes and today’s American working class has never been greater.
A First: Chief Rabbinate Looking into Biblical Justification for Jews to Pray on Temple Mount
Despite the Rabbinate posting signs against entering the Temple Mount, so many Jewish pilgrims have ignored their warnings that they are now reconsidering their position.
Emancipation, Empathy and America
If we’ve learned anything from the torrid, often ill-informed debates about anti-Semitism over the last year—whether inside or outside our borders—it’s that the hatred of Jews comes in bewildering varieties.
When a Fast Day Becomes a Feast Day
A miracle took place in Jerusalem this month. On the surface, that’s not so extraordinary. Perhaps more than anyplace else, Jerusalem is the capital of miracles, in both biblical and modern times.
Why Jews Assimilate
Contrary to the title of this article, I don’t really know the reason that Jews assimilate, especially in the US.