Sephardic Jews are from Spain and Portugal. Sephardic custom claims the original Jews in Spain were exiles spoken of in the Jewish book of Obadiah. “And the captivity of this host of the children of…
The Chinese government, which now recognizes Jews as an official Chinese ethnic group, is also paying more attention to the country's Jewish past. The Jewish presence in China is at least one…
With the days getting cooler and shorter now, we are more comfortable remembering the long, hot summers of years past. Summertime in the Bronx was somewhat different from the summertime in the slower…
Arabs sometimes claim that, as "Semites," they cannot possibly be antiSemitic. This, however, is a semantic distortion that ignores the reality of Arab discrimination and hostility toward Jews.…
Women in the military is not a new concept in Israel. Women have served in military capacities in Israel since before the founding of the State back in 1948.
Richard Tucker was one of the greatest tenors to ever sing for the Metropolitan Opera. He was also an orthodox Jewish cantor. He ranked as one the best. I have one of his recordings of a Passover…
Inspired by a deep desire to follow the mitzvah of tikkun olam - doing good in or repairing the world - and further fueled by a sense of social responsibility toward minorities, underdogs, and the…