While he views today’s massive crowds as a sign of blessing, he misses the unity that marked the Meron of his childhood — when there was one fire for everyone
Jews in Alsace once accounted for more than half the French Jewish population. But emancipation, urbanization, and ultimately World War II nearly emptied the area of its Jews. Today, there are hundreds of shuls to visit, but very few Jews to meet. Ari and Ari set out to find what remained
Farming is a risky business. Crops can be deluged by a torrential downpour, devoured by locusts, or dried on the vine. So what do Israeli farmers stand to gain by laying down their plowshares for an entire year?
Malcolm Hoenlein is arguably the most powerful Jewish official in the United States. He’s easily accessible, but he conceals more than he reveals.
The day American Jewish organizations put Hitler on trial in front of the crowds at Madison Square Garden.
A shocking court case has thrust the insular, controversial, ultra-pious Lev Tahor group into international headlines, provoking discussions of extremism, mind control, and abuse. The group insists that they’re being persecuted for exalted religious strictures, but troubling reports paint a different picture.
