New Year’s Message from Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin
Dear friends around the world, As we approach the High Holidays, on behalf of all the people in Israel, I send you my best wishes…
Holiday Columns
This Rosh Hashanah, I Challenge You to Focus on the Positives
By Nina Badzin (Kveller via JTA) — Two essential parts of preparing for Rosh Hashanah, our clean slate for the year, is asking forgiveness from anyone we…
Going ‘Inside Out’ on Tisha b’Av
By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Does the hit Pixar movie “Inside Out” hold a clue as to why many Jews find it…
The Rebbetzin at the Iftar
by Rabbanit Batya Ivry-Friedman A priest, an imam and a rebbetzin walk into an Iftar… On Sunday, July 5, the fast of the 17th Tamuz,…
On Shavuot, remembering the day I almost dropped the Torah
By Edmon Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — On Shavuot, we are reminded that the Torah is a tree of life to which we are to hold…