Israel

These weeks just go by so fast. Last week, we had Tisha B’Av and lurking in the distance are those ...

While withdrawl from the Golan is often dismissed as unthinkable, governments of Rabin, Peres, Netanyahu (first term), Barak, and Olmert ...

Last night I was working at our local co-op market. The crowd there is pretty diverse — Hasidic Jews, Caribbean ...

A man is unable to marry because the Israeli Rabbinate decides that he is actually an adoptee, although there is ...

Rabbi Reuven Hammer sees much present relevance to what Jeremiah had to say about the destruction of the first Temple ...

In professional sports, winning is everything. Sure, both teams can play hard, but in the end of the day, if ...

With none of the security barrier’s four “fingers” (e.g. to enclose Ariel and Kedumim) built, and large gaps (e.g. between ...

When I first heard about Twitter, I thought it was going to be a passing fad. Having already had Facebook, ...

My wife and kid are out of town. Which means that I end up staying out past 6:30 p.m., my ...

Defying the general trend toward a merger, the three branches of the JCC of Greater Philadelphia will each be going ...

There have been efforts in the past decade or so to build up a strong hockey program in Israel. I ...

I saw this yesterday and considered blogging about it. But now the story has become too good not to talk ...