Why would a Jew Open the Investigation of Pope Pius XII?
By Gary Krupp

The answer to this question lies in a series of events that moved our foundation to decide to confront this controversial subject and …

By David Werdiger
Following his Hamas-hummus prank in the movie Bruno, one could imagine a Sacha Baron-Cohen character quickly dismissing the idea of banning the burqa: How could we do that!? Throw away so much tradition? …

By Rabbi Meir Rabi
For background on soft matzah see this and this.
I wonder what constitutes a “controversy” or a “controversial pesak”?
Is it the tumult raised by parties who are not impartial?
By those who may have …

By Keren Tuch
The air was holy.  People walked the aisles as if levitating in a state of awe.  As the holy Amma appeared on stage and performed her ritualistic puja, the audience – a mix …

by Larry Stillman
“In recent years, Israeli groups have put forward several constitutions for the state of Israel. However, these proposals…have been preoccupied with the question of, ‘Who is a Jew?’ and have neglected the primary …

Why a Return of Palestinian refugees to Israel will never happen and should never happen
By Philip Mendes
Last month a small group of Australian Jews signed a petition coordinated by anti-Israel extremists Antony Loewenstein and Ned …

By Alex Kats
For me, Pesach has always been the most unifying of holidays. Even in my family where Jewish practice was rare, we always had Matzah on the table, kneidlach in the chicken soup and …

Events like the Frank Stein Shield allow children and teenagers from different backgrounds to meet, and gain a sense of camaraderie within their own movement. But more than this, it gives those who aren’t so flash at playing soccer something to do from the sidelines.

The image of the Holocaust survivor who started afresh in the aftermath of the camps is familiar and powerful. We see it in films, in literature, and in our own families….

By Keren Tuch
I look forward to Pesach every year (I might swallow my words when the day eventually comes for me to host a seder). Aside from kneidlach, charoset and walnut pate (liver …