
Our Tremendum
This was no ee’roo’a. This is our tremendum. Israelis know how to deal with terrorist incidents. We mourn the victims, we comfort their families, we

Changing the landscape of Jewish life in North America
Dear Friends, October 7th and its aftermath forces us, I hope, to ask questions. What is our relationship with each other? What is our connection

How to talk to kids about Hamas (Dr. Sanjay Gupta gets it wrong)
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is great. I love listening to his podcast, Chasing Life. But, he misses the main point in the episode “Paging Dr. Gupta:

Why is this called a “war for our home”?
Hi Guys,I look at the news coverage abroad – and I am worried about how it affects you. So, I thought that I would share

What about the kids in the USA?
Hi Guys,Thanks for supporting the Jewish right to life in Israel. We support yours, too 🙂 How are your teens and adult kids managing? How

What’s happening to Jewish students at elite universities?
At Cornell University (my alma mater), Henry Schechter, a Jewish student, writing in the Cornell Daily Sun, describes how “I couldn’t do anything but applaud”

How deep are our divisions? How strong is our bond?
Before October 7th, the people in Israel were in crisis. How deep are those divisions really? I drove down south on the first Sunday and

Why are you asking for a ceasefire?
Intuitively, we ask our leaders to justify the use of military power. We should ask the same questions of those demanding an immediate ceasefire. A