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Tipping point
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 23, 2014
UNFORTUNATELY this past weeks mikveh scandal involving the accused Rabbi Barry Freundel is another in a chain of scandals that has been creeping upon the Orthodox...
The media are much scarier than Ebola
Dennis PragerOct 23, 2014
WHY do some things scare people more than others? One reason is that people engage in a rational assessment of risk and conclude the appropriate level of fear. For...
Big Brother is here…literally
David SirotaOct 15, 2014
Why did Bradley Cooper and Jessica Alba fail to record a tip when they paid their cabbies during New York City taxi rides back in 2013? Why was Cooper near […]
Zuckerbergs…role models
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 15, 2014
What a refreshing change. Usually when I am checking email at my Yahoo address (I know, Im old school), there are news stories highlighted, one more ridiculous than...
Why isn’t economic inequality a bigger issue?
David SirotaOct 08, 2014
IF critics of income inequality are wondering why the growing gap between rich and poor hasnt been a more potent political issue in the upcoming elections, a new study...
Four Species, two complaints
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 08, 2014
With Sukkot upon us it’s time for the Four Species. In Jewish communities around the world, especially in Israel, and specifically in Jerusalem, there are hundreds of...
The loneliness of Moses’ death was not unique
Hillel GoldbergOct 08, 2014
AT the end of the Torah Moses dies. His time had come. Its that simple. The Torah records, his eye had not dimmed and his vigor had not diminished (34:7)....
An ironic thank you
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 02, 2014
It seems like the SodaStream controversy has barely died down when Israel faces another culinary BDS threat. Only this time the source is from the inside. So far. Shamir...
The mitzvah of giving to others
Amy LedermanOct 02, 2014
WHEN I was growing up, money meant AUTHORITY. Dad made the money so he also made the decisions. Our family lived by the Golden Rule: He who has the gold, […]
Fake forgiveness
Hillel GoldbergSep 28, 2014
I HAVE no doubt that everyone of us has been offered an apology that was completely insincere, with the expectation to rub salt in the wound that we […]
