How to deal with Antisemitism, Racism and Prejudice
The Jewish people have suffered greatly throughout history, but nevertheless, have not succumbed to hatred of the other. Continue reading →
View ArticleWhy Does Antisemitism Matter?
The recent Gaza/Israel conflict has exposed the misinformation about Israel originating in Russian/Soviet antisemitic prpoganda that has infected many media outlets and a large part of academia over...
View ArticleThe Consolation of Media in Pandemic Times
I keep asking myself why the most successful movies all seem to be fantasies of disaster or conquests by aliens either from Middle Earth or other galaxies? Continue reading →
View ArticlePolitics in the Bible
CNN series on Jerusalem is missing the viewpoint of traditional Jewish texts, Torah and Talmud, which also cover the history of Jewish Kings of Israel. Continue reading →
View ArticleForgiveness and its impact
G-d does not consider forgiveness unless we have done the work of Elul - forgiving each other in the flesh. Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Hidden Hanukkah
But few know about the hidden story of Hanukkah which begins 150 years before the battles of Hasmonean priests Continue reading →
View ArticleHow to Create Peace – Personal and Communal
How difficult it is to change, to reprogram from any ideological commitment, whether personal or communal! Continue reading →
View ArticleThe How of Chanukkah
Hanukkah has very few requirements: But it's all done with music and song! Continue reading →
View ArticleCovid 19 and the arts
One of the arts' significant advantages is seeing what the self may have in common with others. Continue reading →
View ArticlePolitics, Science, Religion and Justice
Politics science religion and justice. Do they have anything to teach us in 2022? Continue reading →
View ArticleLetter to my great-nephew on the day of his Bar Mitzvah
A letter to my great-nephew Yonadav, on January 1, 2022, the day of his Bar mitzvah in Jerusalem, Israel. Shabbat shalom, God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the LORD. I appeared to Abraham,...
View ArticleMatzah, Passover, and Freedom
Matzah is the bread of affliction and the bread of haste, but matzah also has profound and less well-understood symbolism. Continue reading →
View ArticleShavuot: What is it and Why Does it Matter
An All-Night Festival of Learning? I grew up in a traditional Jewish home, attending Jewish after-school classes after a full day at a Protestant public school in Montreal. I also participated in...
View ArticleAn Exceptional Book of Historic Interest
Genius and Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 is a fascinating book exploring the infinite variety of humanity expressed through Jewish lives around the world. It upends Jewish stereotypes...
View ArticleWhose Choice is It?
Abortion is a very private and personal decision. Josh Healy, the comedian pushes all the relevant buttons Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Fifth Book Of Moses
In this final book, as they arrive at the River Jordan, Moses, reviews and revisits his own story and journey with the Children of Israel. the redemption from slavery in Egypt and their desert journey,...
View ArticleLeadership and Choices: Then and Now
Obligations of leaders and laymen in times of war as illustrated by John Loftus in his book, Unholy Trinity and Noel Izon in his documentary about German Jewish refugees welcomed in the Philippines in...
View ArticleReconciliation and Healing: The Pope’s visit to Canada
Last month, the Pope visited Canada to express his apology to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, victims of the residential schools administered by clergy that were part of the Canadian government’s...
View ArticleThe two solitudes: Language and the 2022 Quebec Election
My native language is Hungarian since I was born in Debrecen, Hungary. At the age of three, I escaped communist Hungary with my parents and baby sister to Vienna, Austria, where I began to attend...
View ArticleA Season of Miracles and Light
A time of miracles, visiting Jerusalem, the European Cantors Convention, Budapest, Kereztur, Tokay, Szabolc and Debrecen, and many more, December 2022 Continue reading →
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