I’ve never been to Guatemala and I‘ve never heard of the small Guatemalan town San Juan La LaGuna. Chances are that many of the close to 10,000 residents of this small town are wishing that I wasn’t the only Jew clueless of their existence; chances are that the residents of this small Guatemalan town are wishing that 10 ultra-Orthodox families […]
Is it possible that Zalman Kastel, a Brooklyn born Orthodox rabbi is a disciple of the Gospel Matthew? “You have heard it said: Love your neighbor but hate your enemy, but I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Rabbi Kastel, together Pastor Brad Chilcott, national director of Welcome to Australia, is heading a campaign […]
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE U.N. AND OTHER SIMILAR MINDED MORONS IN THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT Tell me why if Israel and the Jews are the devil incarnate, Hamas insists on going to war against them? Doesn’t Hamas realize, that when combatting the devil, there is no possible way of winning? Each time Hamas strikes out at Israel, Hamas only […]
For many, the proximity of Reb Malka’s passing and our commemorating the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem did not go unnoticed. For many, the mourning over our historic loss in Jerusalem was carried over to our most recent loss at Tiferet. For those of us who are “regulars” at Tiferet, we are very much aware that it has been […]
“We use weapons to protect our people; they use people to protect their weapons.” So spoke Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month, as the Israeli army began its incursion into Gaza with the goal of destroying the network of tunnels Hamas has constructed in their quest to infiltrate and destroy Israel. Known for his poignant sound bites, the Prime […]
Pope Francis frequently strays. He ought to be commended for his straying. While admittedly, I’m no expert when it comes to popes, Jorge Mario Bergoglio a.k.a. Pope Francis, does not feel constrained in any way to stick to the text, both literally as well as figuratively. Refreshingly different than his predecessors, Pope Francis injects more than a modicum of “down […]
Former New York Mayor Bloomberg scored a triple mitzvah play the other day, when he boarded El Al to Tel Aviv. While I have no idea how many times his honor has visited Israel, chances are his decision to travel was pretty much spur of the moment. No sooner had the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) declared that US flights to […]
