Voting and the Jewish Community
Vayeira: Transforming Strangers Into Guests
We all know that the Jewish religion stresses the importance of guests, of hosting, of providing hospitality to strangers. What are Shabbat and the holidays (among other things) if not an...
Torah Thoughts for the Post-Election
There are close to 250 million adults in the United States. How can 100 million people come to terms with the fact that the candidate they chose did not win? Actually,...
Orthodox Girls Find Their Performance Spotlight at Camp Maor
Gillian Herszage spends 48 weeks a year away from her best friends. As a ninth grader from Columbus, Ohio, Gillian had spent most of her life straddling two groups and never...
Noach: Protest and Prayer
Language and the lack of it is important in this parsha. Noach is an almost silent Biblical character. He found favor in G-d’s eyes, yet few Biblical commentators praise him. He...
Oldest Hebrew mention of Jerusalem found on rare papyrus...
A rare, ancient papyrus dating to the First Temple Period — 2,700 years ago — has been found to bear the oldest known mention of Jerusalem in Hebrew. The fragile text,...
A Jewish Bucket-list?
If you go on Bucketlist.org, you can create your own bucket list of crazy antics, and you can also compare and contrast your lists to those of others. The last time...
The GPS and the Chagim
Sometimes it takes a while to realize that you are lost. You think you are on the right path but it proves to be elusive. But know this: unlikely as it...
Sympathy for the Devil: Anthony Weiner and the Ten...
I’d like to talk about what Anthony Weiner did and my personal reaction to it, which many of you may find surprising. From there, we may have a takeaway that we...
OU Communities Respond to Hurricane Matthew
The Toco Hills community in Atlanta, anchored by OU affiliate shuls Congregation Beth Jacob and Young Israel of Toco Hills, is working on a coordinated effort to make home hospitality available...
