Current
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The past two weeks has seen an eruption of anti-Israel protest on university campuses across the United States – starting at Columbia University and spreading to Yale, Northwestern, UCLA, and beyond. As a leader and decision-maker at a university, I am sure you are being bombarded by passionate voices on many sides of this issue. […]
Passover
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Imagine. The Egyptians are chasing after you and the sea is in front of you. There is nowhere to run. At the moment when all seems lost, the sea suddenly splits before your eyes. What kind of reaction would you have? Now imagine an alien coming down to earth, and he sees both the splitting […]
Our Sages assert that the Israelites in Egypt were on the lowest level of spiritual impurity. They worshipped idols. They were debauched and dissolute. So how did they merit the grand and miraculous redemption? They had only three things going for them: They kept their Hebrew names, their Hebrew language, and their distinctive Hebrew dress. […]
Many unsung heroes contributed to the Allies’ victory in World War II. Some of those heroes’ work was strictly classified. Among them were Jewish codebreakers who managed to decipher enemy communication, which was crucial to winning the war. They provided crucial information to the Allies and saved countless lives. With the passage of time, we […]
Everything you need to know about the Jewish holiday of freedom.