Editorial & Commentary

She was the closest we could get to the paradigm of royalty, the closest we could point to as a textbook case of the “king” we read about in Jewish literature.

Sometimes you need to move forward in life. And usually that means dropping something that’s tying you down.

It’s confirmed. Nintendo has Kabbalists designing their games.

If artificial intelligence takes over, is this what it will look like? Is it a he, a she, an it, or an us?

Recently there’s been is a lot of debate and discussion on the issue of vaccinations. As a parent, I’m curious what Jewish law has to say on the topic.

A new documentary that screened on January the 19th in more than 600 cinemas across America grapples with controversial questions about the search for archaeological evidence for the exodus of the Jews from Ancient Egypt as recorded in the Torah.

Rabbi Binyomin Bitton writes about the sudden loss of his friend and colleague, Rabbi Lipa Dubrawsky.

The Rebbe's emissaries followed his directives, while wondering about the sudden urgency... That afternoon, the threat of horrific terror against Israel was averted...

A sense of history provides context to help us better deal with the present, tools to understand ourselves and others. Understanding our national past strengthens pride and provides a sense of the mystery of transcendence about our role in the universe. People haven’t changed, and in many ways we face the same challenges that have been faced for thousands of years...

I held up the heavy rusted tail, and presented it to the sixth grade class. It was in excellent condition with all its fins, and with the screw still attached at the end...

It doesn't add up. Why do the candidates expend so much time, money and effort on a seemingly trivial contest when substantially more consequential races are on the horizon?

An exhaustive inquiry reveals that of late many baseball players have made use of illegal performance enhancing drugs. But I refuse to be inspired by this news story...

The debate over stem cell research raised serious and fundamental ethical, moral and theological dilemmas, which cut across the social conscience and tore at the very heart of mankind's longing to heal...

Why did they find it so very difficult to accept the guidance of a mystic brother, yet so easy to be subservient to a foreign Pharaoh?

Apparently, the politicians handling the Israeli-Palestinian Middle East conflict seem to have an unhealthy affinity for the role of the rabbinate...

Barry Bonds hit his 757th, Matt Cain his first, but Rabbi Langer hit the most spectacular home run of the evening...

What they didn't tell us that you're not necessarily entitled to happiness--your right is merely to pursue it...

That question probably crossed the minds of millions of Americans as they scrambled to meet the tax-filing deadline last week...

The ironic side of the “Iraq Debate” is that it actually demonstrates how much we do agree on basic principles...

Listening to and reading all the predictions and prognostications of Global Warming can be downright depressing. Will we be saying goodbye to our world sometime soon?

Left or Right? Each one seems to be presenting arguments with a valid core. Let us examine the Torah's perspective on the issues being debated.

Should the death of a child be a strong enough motivator for change? Or does it require a lawsuit?

Among evil dictators, Saddam stands unique in his preoccupation with his own power and glory. Is it far fetched to assume that he actually was the last manifestation of Nebuchadnezzar?

Gerald Ford's presidency offers a valuable lesson in maintaining successful interpersonal relationships, and offers a vivid demonstration of the presence of G-d's hand in times of need.

Apparently, some reporters and news editors already "knew" that the rabbi is against the trees, and nothing--not even their own reportage--was going to change the way they present the story

Imagine the invading Greek army entering the Holy Temple where gold, silver and precious stones were everywhere to be found, and searching for the... oil!

It has been said that negative campaigning is "as American as Mississippi mud." So is there anything we can do about it?

Plucking a child out of his or her native environment is very traumatizing for the child. But sometimes the child's very life depends on it. Here's what you can do to ease the transition...

As a member of the Jewish people I say, "Pluto, we feel your pain..."

Israel will fight back until Hamas and Hezbollah accept a cease fire, at least for the time being. Yet that is exactly what we must fear...

Finding the middle ground between military force and pacific diplomacy

On the rare occasions when we are swayed by an "opinion piece" on a controversial issue, more often than not it's not by the arguments made, but by who is making them

When something consistently reoccurs in our world--a particular weather pattern, a bottle-nosed dolphin migrating habit, a quirk of human behavior--we call it "nature." Apparently, the Jews-in-the-news phenomenon is a force of nature...

It's hard for us to comprehend that there are people who are merciless and get joy out of murder. Innately, we refuse to see that we are being tricked, preferring to believe that our enemies want peace, as we do...

"Why should we pray for him?" one community member responded to my e-mail. "Have you already forgotten what he did to our brothers and sisters in the Gaza Strip?"