Lieberman retrospective: Wisdom in & out of politics
Steve LipmanApr 04, 2024
One of the perks of a career in journalism is meeting people of prominence. And, I like to tell people, one of the downsides of a career in journalism is […]
War in Ramadan — double standard
Steve LipmanMar 07, 2024
A double-standard is the usual standard applied to Israel in its relations with hostile Arab nations — the latest example of which is international pressure to suspend...
Spiritual defense — ‘Partners in Protection’
Steve LipmanFeb 22, 2024
Elad ben Batya is the Hebrew name of the soldier, likely serving in Gaza during the last few months, in whose merit Terri Moore, a third-generation Jewish resident of...
Despite living in their own war zone, Ukrainian Jews are supporting Israel
Steve LipmanFeb 08, 2024
Many Ukrainian Jews today , despite being of limited financial means, dependent on pensions or small salaries, are contributing to the Jerusalem-based Schechter...
Yom Kippur observed in Odessa amidst a war and kapparot
Steve LipmanSep 28, 2023
After[/dropcap] a relatively quiet Rosh Hashanah — in other words, only a few sirens blaring at night, and no Russian missiles falling on their city itself — the...
Synagogues are coming to terms with slave labor
Steve LipmanSep 14, 2023
America’s oldest synagogues, Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island and Kahal Kadosh Beth Eloh-m (KKBE) in Charleston, South Carolina, are coming to terms...
Masbia soup kitchen seeks to feed asylum-seekers from distressed nations
Steve LipmanAug 10, 2023
During the past year, New York soup kitchen Masbia, whose volunteers and staff members have joined those from a few other local refugee-protection and human rights...
The righteous: They risked their lives to save Jews
Steve LipmanMay 11, 2023
One would think that someone who grew up in the US and spent three years travelling thousands of miles overseas and pouring through tens of thousands of documents and...
Ode to the matzah ball
Steve LipmanMar 30, 2023
PASSOVER EDITION 5783 SECTION C PAGE 15 Call it the Case of the Battling Bubbes. Friends of mine, a young couple, invited me to a Friday night Shabbos meal in […]
Ukraine — stories from one year of war
Steve LipmanFeb 23, 2023
The world on Feb. 24 will mark a sad anniversary — a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, a once-fellow republic in the Soviet Union.
