Why me? Misfortune is not necessarily a punishment for our mistakes. Rabbi Yossy Goldman May 26, 2022
Lag B’Omer to spark Jewish festivities worldwide For some communities, the celebration of Jewish unity takes on special meaning this year with war raging in Ukraine. Mendel Super May 17, 2022
Will Memorial Day always be observed in the United States and Israel? Just ask the ancient Jewish sage Rabbi Akiva. Lenny Ben-David May 8, 2022
The mitzvah of re-creating our world This is the message of Lag B’Omer, of Rabbi Akiva, who against all odds rebuilt Torah and with it, the Jewish people. Rabbi Warren Goldstein April 27, 2021
Gearing up to create unity from a distance on Lag B’Omer On tap are videos, stories, songs, concerts, online parades and drive-by barbecues. Dovid Zaklikowski May 8, 2020
Disowning Ben-Gurion’s vision The rejection by Israeli intellectuals of the Jewish spiritual and political activism exemplified by the preaching and actions of Rabbi Akiva runs counter to the thinking of David Ben-Gurion. Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen July 14, 2019
Braving Israeli heat wave, hundreds of thousands flock to Meron for Lag B’Omer The Galilean town of Meron welcomes massive crowds to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the father of Jewish mysticism. May 23, 2019
