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NYJW Sabbath Week

When my 9-year-old son recently got an iPod Touch he was excited by the array of apps and games at his fingertips. Learning that an iPod could address him in any way he pleased, my son jokingly asked Siri to call him “God.” This would have been a cute story about boys and their toys, […]

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Primo Levi, soon after his liberation from Auschwitz, recalled a savvy confidante warning him, “The war is not yet over — not for you.” Nor for others. Indeed, on July 4, 1946, the few remaining Jews in the Polish town of Kielce were herded together and clubbed, stoned, or stabbed to death. That same year, […]

Having observed the Seder just one week ago, we would do well to reflect back in order to glean new insights for everyday life. For example, why did we recline while eating matzah? In what is a teaching that captures the essence of Passover, our Sages state that at the Seder, “even a pauper should […]

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