A meaningful Bar Mitzva for Sam

I am sure that many of you have seen the video of the Broadway show-like Bar Mitzva of Sam Horowitz. I have not watched the video - frankly I don't believe that Bar Mitzva celebrations like that are appropriate - but a couple of anonymous friends did some digging and I'd like to share it with you.

This started because one of my friends commented "Boy do I hope they give generously to Jewish

The painful concessions American Jews should make

I've featured Northwestern Law Professor Eugene Kontorovich on this blog before. In this piece from the Times of Israel, he blasts American Jewish 'leaders' (perhaps the scare quotes should include the word 'Jewish' as well) who call on Israelis to make 'painful sacrifices for peace' while they sit in their ivory towers in the US.

Aliyah would steer away from the iceberg.
Adding even 150,000

Religious Zionists invite Rabbi Lau... to America

Rabbi David Lau was elected the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel last Wednesday. Like his Sephardi counterpart, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, Rabbi Lau was tagged as the 'Haredi' candidate for the chief rabbinate, even though he is the son of a former chief rabbi who was known for his inclusiveness both while in the position and since then. The campaign was bitterly fought, with Rabbi David Stav, who is