בס׳ד

"Where does it say that you have a contract with G-d to have an easy life?"

the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



13 Nov 2019

Eitz Chaim

Brazilian-born Holocaust survivor has bar mitzvah at age 91

Boro President, Jewish Leaders Denounce Anti-Semitic Attacks

Last night I caught a video of David Letterman surprising President Donald Trump in his office at the Trump Towers in 1986. At the 3,54 minute of the video, I was surprised to see the camera panning to the pictures on the walls. Prominently displayed was a picture of the 10 commandments suspended from a tree with the words "Eitz Chaim" written underneath.



9 Nov 2019

Cutting Ties

Many Jews want Boris Johnson out. But how can we vote for Jeremy Corbyn?

Many were up in arms about Sarah Ihmoud, co-author of Sexual Violence, Women’s Bodies, and Israeli Settler Colonialism being considered for a teaching position at Boston University. Why aren't there similar protests against Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, a co-author of the study teaching at Hebrew University?

UNESCO to vote on cutting ties with Belgian carnival where Jews were mocked

2 Nov 2019

Charged with Vandalism

Man, 35, Charged with Vandalism on Jewish Centre

"American Jews and Israel: Can the Relationship Be Saved?"- Daniel Gordis and Thomas Friedman

In the wake of the Washington Post's headline “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48,” Imam of Peace reminds twitter readers of an article published in 1993 about Osama Bin Laden titled "Anti-Soviet warrior puts his army on the road to peace."