31
Dec
SDEROT, ISRAEL – This small town of 20,000, located within walking distance of Israel’s southern border with the Gaza Strip, should be on everyone’s mind. As things go in Sderot, so they will go in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And, for all who truly desire peace, what’s happening to Sderot, and how the predicament of its [...]
6
Dec
Last week in Washington, the price of oil reached a record high of $160 a barrel. In response to a series of world events unfolding over the past several months –– civil unrest and loss of local oil production in Nigeria, explosions in a pipeline in Azerbaijan and a cut in oil production by Venezuela [...]
4
Dec
According to the New York Times article, “Challenging tradition, young Jews worship on their own terms,” as well as anecdotal evidence, religion appears to play a stronger role in connecting American Jews in their 20’s and 30’s to Judaism than in previous generations.
American Jews like me whose commitment to the Jewish people stems from a [...]