Martin Luther King Jr. stood with the Jews. He called anti-Zionism, antisemitism. He was an ally, as the Jewish people were to him and his cause. We walked side by side marching for civil rights. The Jewish bond with the Black community was close. Now, there’s confusion among the two groups. There are so many […]
The Jewish people have a history of feeling alone. During the Holocaust, there was no one that spoke out in support of us, that helped us, that came to our rescue until six million of us were killed. Now, after the horrific October 7 attack against so many of our brothers and sisters in Israel, […]
The world has changed forever for the Jewish people since October 7 and things will never be the same. Everyone has correctly prioritized giving to the immediate needs of Israel in these last six weeks, but the war on Jews in media is also a battle we must fight. We’ve been at it since 2007. […]
“Every ailment I had had cure in Torah. I had tried everybody else’s path and now it was time to try mine.”
As we start reading the Torah anew, we remember that Rav Kook once wrote that God left the world unfinished so that we could partner with Him to complete creation. Many Orthodox Jews wear black and white, but really there is so much color and creativity behind the scenes. You won’t believe what these Orthodox […]
Just as you have to pass by the thorn to get to the beauty of the rose, so follows the process of teshuva during the month of Elul.
