The Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, said that its 20th annual Tisha B’Av program on Sunday, July 18 will not only focus on the traditional themes surrounding the destruction of both temples and other historical tragedies but this year will also mourn…
By Joshua Goldstein The attempted stabbing murder of Rabbi Shlomo Noginski in Boston, on July 1, is a stark reminder of the danger of the times we live in, and the challenge all Jews must face now. Jew-haters have become more emboldened, not just across America, but throughout the Diaspora / Exile and are…
This whole week has been very difficult. For me. For my children. For you. And for our country. Nine people were killed and 27 injured early Sunday morning in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio, the city where my wife lived during her teen years. The attack came less than 24 hours after a man killed…
PHOTO: On Tisha b’Av, Jewish eyes turn toward the Western Wall. This year Jews should also focus on the threat of climate change. Reducing climate change is an especially important issue for Israel as a rising Mediterranean Sea could inundate the coastal plain where much of Israel’s population and infrastructure are located, and an increasingly…
Tisha b’Av (the 9th day of the month of Av), which we commemorate this year on July 21-22, reminds us that more than 2,000 years ago Jews failed to heed the warnings of the prophet Jeremiah, with the result that the first Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, the first of many negative things that occurred…
