Conflict? How is it possible to get along? CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute is proud to present a letter from the Rebbe to a frustrated Jew who had left the Torah path and written him explaining why. To learn more about the Rebbe visit: www.portraitofaleader.org...

In a city often under fire from Gaza, playing outdoors is unsafe, so a Jewish fund builds a recreation center in a bunker....

From The Jerusalem Post: Widespread assimilation is the greatest threat to Jewish existence in Europe, the continent’s top rabbis concluded at their meeting in Paris last week, calling for a return to traditional Jewish family values and major rabbinical intervention. On the opposite side of t...

  “We don’t need that!� My Zaidie glares at my mother and puts the second of two (yes, two) containers of homemade cookies back in the cardboard box from whence they came. This ritual is repeated over and over with a multitude of food products—salad dressings loaded with fat and sugar, pack...

And a very Happy Purim to everyone! The photo below is from the Megillah reading this morning (just as we were about to start). The Book of Esther has all the makings of a hit soap opera. Sex, violence, double crossing and intrigue. I'm always struck by the ending though. At this point, the King has...

Bernard L. Madoff, the man said to have bilked scores of his Jewish friends and philanthropies out of billions of dollars, is expected to plead guilty this week to charges of running Wall Street's biggest fraud. The former Nasdaq stock market chairman allegedly confessed to running a "giant Ponzi sc...

Second time this week, and on erev Purim no less. Yesterday I posted this: JEWISH GENOCIDE WATCH: PACKED BROOKLYN SYNAGOGUE TERRORIZED There are no accidents - this  is the new Islamic/ leftist war on the Jews, an orchestrated campaign. Every synagogue must be armed. Make sure your synagogue h...

In some ways, these two spiritual paths compliment each other. In other ways, they conflict. I have been studying and practicing Judaism for 20 years. I have been practicing Kundalini Yoga for two months. Here are the most significant differences as I understand these two paths: * Judaism is obsesse...

Expert says Grand Jury tainted with negative attitudes about Jews NEW YORK NY — Prominent Jewish leaders expressed concern over the dismissal of religious bias claims occurring in the grand jury proceedings against Sholom Rubashkin. In a hearing last month, lawyers for Mr. Rubashkin argued tha...

Hi there! Kara here. Just a simple girl who grew up in a Southern Baptist/ evangelical/ Methodist home south of Chicago. Then converted to Judaism through a well-known conservative synagogue in Los Angeles. I never bought that whole Holy Trinity theory. But that’s another story… My first Purim w...