Need to End Hunger: It's Even More Crucial Now Before Rosh Hashanah, when we examine our deeds over the past year, there is one more thing we can do that will make a difference in the lives of poor and hungry Americans. Under the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, every five years, certain federal nutrition programs expire...
Where Do We Find God? It's Not in Destruction! While it's true, as one of my colleagues has pointed out in the Jewish Exponent , that throughout the ages, prophets, philosophers and mystics have wondered where God might be found, the answer, I don't think, is in the destruction of the two temples in Jerusalem, and certainly not in the...
Fast for Only One Reason -- the Freeing of Shalit It seems that the clergy of the Reconstructionist movement has succumbed to the "Stockholm Syndrome," where the victim identifies with his captor's cause. Swayed by Arab propaganda that Israel is the oppressor, these rabbis repeat -- and endorse -- defaming and dishonest claims (Nation & World: "Rabbis Call for Fasting...
Make No Mistake; It's Not About Rush Limbaugh! Menachem Rosensaft's strident tirade against Rush Limbaugh (Opinions: "Where's the Outcry Over Limbaugh's Ludicrousness?") in the Aug. 20 issue of the Jewish Exponent reflects a left-wing extremism in America today. Make no mistake about it --this is not about Rush. He is not the Republican Party, but just a hated symbol. The...
Why Are Gays Relegated to the 'Back of the Bus'? I was disheartened and even disgusted to read the only coverage of the vicious murders of two young gay Israelis, who were brutally gunned down at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center in Tel Aviv, on Page 35 of the Aug. 6 Jewish Exponent in your "News in Brief" section...