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Each year, as Chanukah approaches, I look forward to these eight nights during which we have the opportunity to focus each evening on our connection with G-d and the miracles He has bestowed on us, Byamim HaHem u’Bzman HaZeh, on our people and in our own daily lives. The light of the ner Chanukah is particularly special. Through it we invoke our unique bond with G-d and His protection, His light, even in the times of our history and personal lives when we can only see darkness.  Embedded in these eight nights and days of Chanukah are nisim, miracles, that are already in existence, just waiting for us to tap into via the special power of the neiros. 

Everywhere we look these days, it seems like America is descending further down the rabbit hole of hatred, partisanship, division, and accusation. What’s been happening over the course of the past decade has not seen any marginal reversal, despite the promises from many to make it so. Actors from both the Left and Right side of the political aisle raise the question of “Is it acceptable to be Jewish?”

As Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to face the difficult challenges that will face him as Prime Minister, he can form Yaakov Avinu’s encounter with Eisav.

With 2022 winding to a close, the results are starting to come in regarding crime rates in New York City.  As anyone with a pulse and a set of eyeballs could determine, crime has been rising steadily for the past few years, with 2022 being no exception.  The data, however, is even worse than previously thought.

The right-wing parties that won a clear victory in Israel’s recent election need to get their act together and establish a government.

In the half century since the founding of Touro College, Dr. Robert Goldschmidt has been at the forefront of its growth from a floor in a Midtown office building to a network of sites across the city, country, and world. Still used to describing the institution as a college, my first question was: When did Touro become a university? The answer depends on the state.