Is the White House Covering Up Iran’s Human-Rights Violations?
The State Department's report on the state of global human rights is late.
June 18, 2015
Is There a Jewish Perspective on Retirement Age?
"The older Torah scholars become, the more wisdom increases within them."
Israel’s chief rabbinate recently attempted to remove Shlomo Riskin—a highly regarded Modern Orthodox rabbi—from his post as chief rabbi of the town of Efrat by refusing to grant a routine waiver of the mandatory retirement age. Shlomo Brody writes that this “attempt to deploy this law capriciously, for ideological reasons . . . is an outrage,” but takes the opportunity to discuss the halakhic basis for mandatory retirement:
June 18, 2015
Improved Turkey-Israel Relations? Unlikely.
Despite the failure of the Islamists to maintain their majority.
Is There a Jewish Perspective on Retirement Age?
"The older Torah scholars become, the more wisdom increases within them."
Ancient Jewish Graffiti in the Byzantine Empire
One of the earliest representations of a menorah ever found.
Why Are Israelis So Happy?
Israel ranked eleventh in a world happiness study.