Jewish Religion

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — When praying on behalf of someone who is seriously ill and they unfortunately pass on, there is a tendency to grow despondent and to be overcome by a feeling that one’s prayers are for naught. The Steipler Gaon once enumerated some areas in which such tefillos achieve significant […]

By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — Every so often, I come across a sentence of another person’s writing which expresses one of my own thoughts in a language far superior to my own. Over the years, I have contemplated and written about the concepts of “honesty” and “integrity” and the difference between the

By David Strom SAN DIEGO–For someone who does not know much about the birth of Christianity, The Liars’ Gospel provided easy access into those biblical times. The author, Naomi Alderman, a British award winning writer, gives what I believe to be a Jewish view of the times. She reimagines the life of Jesus, from the

  By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK–Jewish people teach Jewish values to their children, and to all who wish to be informed about their faith. If one is asked “Should I or should I not?” we generally respond with clear and certain advice: “Yes, you should”, if the value is a positive one, or

SAN DIEGO — This photo comes to us via Sandi Masori, who “shared” it from the Facebook page of Shari Marks.  Over so many generations, the photo has lost its sharpness but the poignancy of the message “ANIMAMIN” — “I Believe” — remains  ever strong.  A song with that title became the anthem of the

                  SAN DIEGO — This license plate contains an Arabic word meaning “my beloved” and it is an expression also used by Israeli Jews.  It was spotted by Sandi Masori.  

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO –There are times in our lives that though our hearts may be pulled in different directions, we know it is better to just say “no.” Something happened this week which reminded me of this important lesson. On Wednesday mornings at 10:00 a.m. our congregation hosts an Alzheimer’s caregiver support

By Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO — Bilam was traveling with his donkey, when for no apparent reason, the donkey stopped in its tracks. Biliam started to beat the donkey, when miraculously, the donkey spoke and said to Bilam, “Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden since you first started until now?

By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — Ugaritic. Sumerian. Akkadian. Hittite. These are words that I never heard in all the years of my traditional Jewish education. They are the names of four important cultures and languages in the Ancient Near East. All of these cultures were contemporaneous with the stories of the Bible

  TORONTO (Press Release)–The eighth in a series of very successful Moslem-Jewish Dialogues (MJD)was held in a Toronto community centre on the afternoon of Sunday June 9th. The humbling majesty of respectful, good-natured dialogue was in full display as high school students met with their peers separate from adults, who met in circles. Stereotypes were