By Anthony Berteaux. Article originally posted on The Tower, Issue 35, February 2016. College students have risen up to fight racism on campuses across the country. But it is often those very same students who subject Jewish students to anti-Semitism. When Arielle Mokhtarzadeh and Ben Rosenberg arrived at University of California, Berkeley on November 6 Continue Reading »
The Greatest Response to Jew Hatred I Have Ever Seen From Israel Video Network Lest any Jew forgets – because of all the violence directed at us, the hatred, the incitement to kill, the vile words, the missiles, the rockets, the knives, the rocks, the deafening silence of the world that we all feel right Continue Reading »
From Israel Video Network: “Ben Shapiro, reporter and talk show host, makes the trip to his Alma Mater, UCLA, to make a statement against the BDS, a pro-Palestinian movement who supports boycotting Israeli products made in Judea and Samaria. “I have never been more ashamed to be an alumnus of this university,” Shapiro tells the Continue Reading »
On the High Holy Days we are asked to shake off bad behaviors so as to enhance life and not harm others. Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik adds another dimension: teshuva – repentance – as an act of re-creation. The idea is to make and take the time, to pause to review our lives, to examine and Continue Reading »
I am no expert on how elephants (and other animals) are treated at Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey but as a kid who remembers going to the circus and seeing those majestic creatures parade and perform, last week’s announcement that they will no longer be a part of the “Greatest Show On Earth” reminded Continue Reading »