Spain wants us back

Published on March 20, 2013

The Spanish government recently announced that it will offer instant citizenship to any Jew of Spanish descent whose ancestors were expelled in 1492.

Passover Rhapsody - A Jewish Rock Opera

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on April 5, 2012

Israelis wonder: better a bird in the hand?

By Uri Dromi
Published on February 16, 2011

In the midst of so many uncertainties dumped on us by the dramatic demise of the Mubarak regime, one solid, crystal-clear fact emerges: The “experts” don’t know what they are talking about. The same people who now sit in television studios explaining to us what is happening in Egypt and why are the same people who three weeks ago swore that the Egyptian regime was stable. Which reminds one of the saying of Abba Eban: “It is very difficult to forecast, especially about the future.”

Better safe than sorry

By Rabbi Dan Shevitz
Published on January 10, 2008

It is late in the game for Pharaoh. Mitzrayim has just endured the penultimate plague: Dark. Pharaoh now knows he has little time left: It is, for him, the bottom of the ninth.

He summons Moshe, as he has done so many times before, and for the first time conducts an earnest negotiation. The king of Egypt now concedes the demand Moshe had made earlier -- everyone may go, even the women and children. Only, says the Pharaoh, you must leave your cattle behind. Moshe declines the offer, and ups the ante. Not only are we going to take our cattle with us, he insists, but you must supplement the herd with some of your own.

Kids Page

By Abby Gilad
Published on January 10, 2002

A Portion of Parshat Va'yera

Benefit of Doubt

By Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky
Published on February 8, 2001

Want to be a partner in redemption? Then don't overlook a surprising message in this week's parsha.