Japan's Black Swan

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

 

Caring for the Uncared

Narayanan Krishnan has brought more than 1.2 million hot meals to India's homeless. Is he unique?

Time of Death

You never know when could be the last time.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Jewish Valentines Day

Love is the ultimate mitzvah.

Egypt, Ishmael & the Fight for Self-Respect

Solving the Palestinian-Israel conflict isn't the lynch pin. Dignity is.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Egypt, Again

How the country's turmoil resonates with a striking biblical parallel.

The New Age

Turning 50, am I over the hill?

My Escape from Child Abuse

Setting boundaries with abusive (or difficult) parents.

Tucson: Voices of Patience and Wisdom

When a tragedy like the one in Tucson strikes, most of us would do well to keep silence.

My Big Issue

When food took over my life, I eventually weighed up to the matter.

The Shooting of Gabrielle Giffords

Judaism's timeless formula for moments like this.

The Facebook Challenge

How to use Facebook to build rather than destroy.

Is Criminalizing Holocaust Denial Wise?

Such statutes create a dangerous precedent to outlaw other discussions as beyond the pale.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The Mark Madoff Tragedy

Do the sins of the fathers get transmitted to the children?

The Islamophobia Myth

For Jews and Muslims tension and hostility are the exception. America's exemplary tolerance is the rule.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

WikiLeaks

Does the fact that something is true always justify its being made public?

Losing the Customer

If only we'd make all our decisions looking at the long term.

Halo: Reach?

Do violent video games have a detrimental effect on our psyche?

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Miner Miracle

Confronting the struggle between this world and the next.

Emerging from the Mine

Appreciating the surge of joy at Camp Hope.

The Geert Wilders Trial

You may not agree with his politics, but his trial will be a watershed for European democracy.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The Star of David and the Mosque

It's no accident that the NYC mosque is covered with the Jewish symbol.

The Donor

My spare kidney provided an incredible life experience.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Yom Kippur and the 10th Commandment

The secret to a happy life.

We Are All Miners

The Chile mine saga and a message for the High Holidays.

Counterpoint: Do Not Build the Mosque

It would be a sacrilege to build the proposed mosque at Ground Zero.

Point: Build the Mosque

Government should not deny citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion.

The Organization that Cried Wolf

The UN has lost all credibility and many real victims now suffer.

The Burka Ban and Us

How should Jews react to the French ban on the public wearing of the burka?

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Facebook Friends

Are we forgetting what it means to have a real friend?

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The Curse of Plenty

Why Israel wasn't blessed with an abundance of oil.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The Oil Spill

A good name is more precious than all the oil in the world.

The Holocaust Excuse

I never heard Zaidy Leo excuse his flaws by pointing the finger at Hitler.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

When Apologies Aren’t Enough

Why we should not forgive Helen Thomas.

Helen Thomas Should be Fired

With her bigoted, anti-Semitic statements she’s placed herself outside the lines of civil discourse and decency.

Turbulence

How to escape from the overwhelming pressures of our daily lives.

Closer to the End

Living with the knowledge that we won’t live forever.

Normal Life

Dear Neighbor, can I be insolent enough to ask that you try to 'understand' just a tiny bit less?

Poland's Tragedy is Our Tragedy

I lost friends in the crash that killed key leaders from the Polish government, economy, and military.

7 Questions: The Infidel

Dr. Wafa Sultan is trying to transform the Muslim world. An exclusive interview.

My Pharaoh

For the past seven years I've been enslaved to an eating disorder.

Hungry

People are starving for so many things.

Last Night I Saw the Mushroom Cloud

Am I incapable of thinking the unthinkable?

Can We Ever Unplug?

Our family’s built-in media-free zone.

7 Questions: 9/11 Survivor

A 9-11 brush with death changed Ari Schonbrun's life. He thinks it should change yours, too.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

Haiti and Israel

Why Israel gives humanitarian aid whether or not it is appreciated or acknowledged.

At War with Radical Islam?

It's time to connect the dots.

Flight 253's Wake-Up Call

Tell the Sept 10 people that the war against radical Islam is far from over.

2070

לאן נגיע אם לא נתחיל לפעול יחד?

Iran: What Price Failure?

We must increase the penalty for defiance.

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