Lag Ba’omer is a joyous holiday marking the end of a mourning period – the omer which is counted from Pesach until Shavuot – and marks the end of a plague that killed 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva because they had ‘sinat chinam – all because of baseless hatred for one another. This plague wiped

Israel is at war on multiple fronts. Only, it doesn’t seem to know. Israel has been at war for over 100 years. Only, it seems to want to forget. Only over the last few days, Israel has been attacked from Lebanon, Gaza and Syria, and Israeli civilians and foreign tourists have been murdered around the

At sundown Wednesday, April 5, Jews worldwide will begin the celebration of Passover. Outside of Israel, the first two days of the holiday begin with a Seder (Jewish holidays begin in the evening). In Israel, it’s one day. During the Seder, we tell the story of the Exodus from Egypt. But the Haggadah, the book

The Purim Story Is Full Of Political Intrigue And People Representing Themselves As Something They’re Not On Monday evening, March 6, Jews worldwide will begin the celebration of the holiday of Purim. Purim commemorates the victory of the Jews over an evil man named Haman who wanted to wipe them out. Purim is a different

The Red Army Liberates Auschwitz-Birkenau The Holocaust (Shoah in Hebrew) is unique in its volume and savagery and is a singular event in world history. Sadly, there have been genocides of other people and other inhumanity. There were even other atrocities committed against the Jewish people.   But generally, a genocide is waged to suppress