Censorship Run Amok at Yeshiva University

There are many things that we in the Diaspora can do for our Israeli brothers and sisters during this war with Lebanon: Send pizzas to Tzahal (IDF) Send hugs & chocolate bars to Tzahal (IDF) Send money to Friends of the IDF (emergency campaign already at $3.5m) And Israelis can do something to: Produce a…

When I took my son Josh to his first Detroit Pistons basketball game at the Palace of Auburn Hills back in December 2005 everyone soon knew about it. It was Christmas Day, but the Detroit Jewish Federation arranged for a special Hanukkah celebration on the court following the game since it was also Erev Hanukkah….

Just got back late last night from 5 days in Las Vegas (no gambling, just some much needed relaxation and some great Vegas shows). I read Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. What a phenomenal book that I found difficult to put down…

הריני מוכן בהצבעתי Here I am ready with my vote Hareni muchan b’hatsbei`ati לידרוש שלום בעד המדינה הזאת כמו שכתוב: to seek peace for this country, as it’s written: lidrosh shalom ba`ad ham’dinah hazot, k’mo shekatuv “ודרשו את שלום העיר אשר הגליתי אתכם שמה” “And you will seek peace of the city where I exile…

By Dennis Prager size> If you want to understand the Middle East conflict, Iran has just provided all you need to know. A massive earthquake kills between 20,000 and 40,000 Iranians, and the government of Iran announces that help is welcome from every country in the world . . . except Israel. This little-reported news…

Last week Charles Krauthammer published an article about Sacha Baron Cohen’s movie “Borat.” Krauthammer argued that if Baron Cohen was, according to his out-of-character interview in Rolling Stone, trying to using Borat’s anti-Semitism as a “tool” to expose it in others, then he was looking for anti-Semitism in the wrong country. Rather than coming to…