Repentance: A Change We Can Believe In?
As we approach the Yamim Nora’im and the ten days of repentance, we tend to feel a déjà vu; we …
Category Archives: Contemporary Jewish Issues
Jewish Attitudes on Israel: Understanding the Winds of Change
Over the past few weeks, the increasing bipolarity of Jewish attitudes towards Israel has become very clear. Be it through …
There Can’t be a Bright Future if We Don’t Remember the Past
This coming April 27, the State of Israel, and people around the world, will be observing and commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day. …
Does Kindness Have a Price?
One of the greatest blessings of the modern day Jewish community structure is the emergence of organizational Judaism. In an …
The Pew Study and Zionism: the Inconvenient Truth
Over the past few months the organized American Jewish community has been buzzing over the findings of the Pew study …
The Legacy of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
On Monday, the entire Jewish world mourned the passing of Sephardic Torah giant Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who died at the …
Washington Revisited
Last month I took the opportunity to go to Washington and attend the AIPAC conference for rabbis. As I traveled …
Why I Fear a Nuclear Iran
On Sunday afternoon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gathered the Israeli cabinet to warn it of Iran’s increasingly threatening nuclear capabilities. …
July 4th as a Day of Reflection
This coming Thursday, the Jewish community, alongside all other Americans, will be celebrating the fourth of July and the Independence …
Israeli controversies and the soundness of silence
Over the past few months, much of the socio-religious turmoil that has been taking place in Israel has caught the …
Rabbi Elchanan Poupko 