Much of Jewish life is built around community. Jews often live close to each other, often with a synagogue or synagogues at the center of their neighborhoods. As important as living in a…
“Light one candle for the Maccabee children, with thanks that their light didn’t die...”
Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary wrote these words in a song that cried out for the pain of…
"When one shows his teeth [smiles] to his fellow man, it is better than giving him milk to drink" (Talmud Ketubot 111b).
How does the song go? “When you’re smiling the whole world smiles…
The prohibition “Do not put a stumbling block before the blind” (Leviticus 19:14) seems like an odd commandment. After all, who but a truly mischievous, mean-spirited prankster would put…
When one thinks of the common denominator of many of the upscale national clothing store chains in the U.S., one finds that many have Jewish names, such as Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Saks…
While some athletes are known to be Jewish only because of their Jewish-sounding last names, others wear their Jewish identity on their shirtsleeves – or, in the case of Alphonse Halimi,…
"I'm Dreaming of a Warm Sukkot"
(updated and revised from Sukkot 5762-2001)
by, Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald
The joyous festival of Sukkot, which begins Friday evening, October 2nd,…
The founders of the State of Israel did not have much time to set up and plan the specifics of government. So, it is not surprising that the country emerged from its fight for…
“A Sukkah Memory”
(updated and revised from Sukkot 5763-2002)
by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald
Growing up as one of the few religious Yeshiva students in the East Bronx in the early 1950s was…
When we think of the common denominator of upscale national clothing store chains in the U.S., we often find that many have Jewish names, such as Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue……
