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Me’orah l’afeilah. From light to darkness. That phrase kept repeating itself in my mind as soon as I heard of the tragedy at Meron. And then I kept thinking of…
They came from all over with different backgrounds and different attire, yet they were united in commemorating the hilulah of the holy Tanna Rabi Shimon Bar Yochai and celebrating the…
We live in what some have accurately described as an “age of entitlement.” Or to put it bluntly, the “it is owed me” generation. Whether it is generous support by…
Reading about the killing of Daunte Wright one cannot help feel the anguish of his family and friends and the black community in general. Regardless of the degree of culpability…
The latest stunt by the Israeli radical feminist group “Women of the Wall” took place on Rosh Chodesh Iyar, and involved a new member of the Knesset, a Reform clergyman…
The first Rashi in Parashas Tazria quotes a Midrash stating that just as the account of the fashioning of man came after the Torah’s account of Creation, so it is…
President Joe Biden has decided to withdraw all American forces from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that caused America to plunge into this…
The most valuable aspect of being human is the use of one’s intellect. The primary line of separation between mankind and the animal kingdom is the ability to think and…
The Ninth Circuit Court just doesn’t get it. Last Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court found the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to allow California’s…
It isn’t often that the results of an experiment in quantum physics — the scientific field that seeks to describe the physical properties of nature at the scale of atoms…
Benjamin Ferencz just turned 101 years old. The last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor was born in Transylvania’s Carpathian Mountains in 1920. Ferencz emigrated to America with his family as a baby…
The battle over mihu Yehudi — who is to be considered a Jew by the State of Israel, is not a new one. For more than 70 years, enemies of…
If Israel’s Supreme Court, G-d forbid, called the shots for the Jewish people, Judaism would cease to exist within 200 to 300 years. That’s because even though it pays lip…
Hashem spoke to mankind once. One might think He would give an inspirational talk. Maybe a complex shiur. He was speaking to the Dor Deah. The greatest. Imagine if a…
Perhaps it’s not surprising that, here in Toronto, we are lumbering along under prolonged lockdowns that have basically dogged us since last March in some form or another. It’s been…
The act of political theatre that played itself out in the Capitol last week was a hybrid of a repeat performance of a mediocre high school play and a color…
Once the corona crisis is behind us, Israel is going to need to set up a national commission of inquiry, similar to the ones it established after the Yom Kippur…
In this week’s parashah we learn of the gravity of hurting the feelings of a widow or an orphan — for the Ribbono shel Olam is the Father of orphans…
Two weeks ago, countries around the world observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day. But while a specific day of commemoration was set aside, the Holocaust seems to be remembered on many…
A report issued last week reveals the devastating impact of COVID-19 on Israel’s children, not just those who got the virus, but those who are suffering from its fallout. The…