Thursdays with Chaim

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon

Which is harder: Saying goodbye or saying hello?

Finding My Place on the Jewish Bookshelf

by Debbie Berman

The beauty of Jewish learning is that one needs is an inquisitive mind and a desire to find what being Jewish is all about.

Just Doing

by Michelle Thaler

When tragedy hits our lives, do we stop living?

A Very Special Passenger

by Rabbi Yerachmiel Milstein

Something extraordinary happened on my recent flight to Israel.

Zaidy Says Hello

by Rabbi Yaakov Salomon

Advice to my newborn grandson on his first day on Earth.

Fragments

by Rabbi Shimon Apisdorf

If this Tsunami was a shofar, then there is at least one word that seems to be calling out to us from its stormy voice: Humanity.

The Shechita Controversy

by Rabbi Avi Shafran

The "PETA Principle," the moral equating of animals and humans, is an affront to the very essence of Jewish belief.

My Meeting with the King

by Rabbi Shoshan Ghoori

Meeting the King of Morocco opened up new vistas in my understanding of God.

The Nazi Who Returned to Harvard

by Jeff Jacoby

New research shows that Harvard, like other elite institutions, was largely unmoved by the early horrors of the Hitler regime.

Reunion: A Holocaust Memoir

by Sara Pachter

Suddenly I froze. Before me stood Ana, our Jewish Kapo, an image that I had tried with all my might to erase from my memory.

The Bedouin Activist

by Ismail Khald

A proud Israeli Bedouin questions American-Jewish apathy.

An Arab Speaks Out

by Brigitte Gabriel

A survivor of Palestinian tyranny defends Israel.

A Cantonist's Prayer on Yom Kippur

by Larry Domnitch

On that Yom Kippur the community wept, as they confronted the plight of Jewish children forced to serve in the Russian army.

Something to Live -- and Die - For

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Reclaiming the source of inspiration for our Israeli soldiers and ourselves.

Becoming a Student Advocate for Israel

by Jeremy Gillick

With some basic knowledge of the dimensions of the Middle East conflict, any student can speak out on campus.

A Prayer Is Answered

by Rabbi Ari Kahn

A special wedding in Jerusalem, arranged with heavenly assistance.

Unified Jews Theory

by Riva Pomerantz

Why is there a lack of Jewish unity?

Anti-Semitism and the UN

by Jeff Jacoby

Has the UN arrived at a turning point? Or was Monday's conference merely a fig leaf -- a PR response to some bad press?

U.N.'s One Small Step

by Anne Bayefsky

Is the U.N. finally ready to get serious about anti-Semitism?

A Fire that Destroys; a Fire that Builds

by Rabbi Naftali Schiff

An arson attack on Aish UK should spur us to stand up for Jewish education.

Desperately Seeking a Jewish Connection

by Ross Hirschmann

I never understood exactly how a person could love all of his fellow Jews until I started wearing my kippah all the time.

To Be a Jew

by Jay D. Homnick

What the murderers of Nick Berg and Daniel Pearl knew.

Wake Up And Smell the Anti-Semitism

by Jeffrey Dunetz

Virulent anti-Semitic campaigns are underway -- not only in the Middle East, but in Europe and America, too.

Buy Israel

by Jeffrey Dunetz

Here's one very concrete way you can help: It's time for Jews around the world to "Buy Israel."

Who Wants To Be An Anti-Semite?

by Jeffrey Dunetz

The latest in reality TV.

Except When You're Targeting Jews

by Jeffrey Dunetz

There's only one exception when it comes to world politics.

Ruling the World

by Jeffrey Dunetz

It's high time to fess up and tell the world the truth: We Jews do run the world!

The Revolutionary Revelation

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

What would a world without Torah look like?

The Murder of Nick Berg

by Rabbi Boruch Leff

Trying to make sense of the savagery.

The Jewish Art of Reflectology

by Danny Verbov

How to preserve your sanity and reach the ultimate purpose of life.

Faith in the Depths of Hell

by Jeff Jacoby

Some Jews fought the Nazis with guns and sabotage; others fought by persisting in Jewish life.

One Proud Jewish Soldier

by Aish.com Staff

An ambush in Iraq leaves his leg shattered. What he learned about God, life and the army.

Why Jews Don't Believe In Jesus

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

For 2,000 years Jews have rejected the Christian idea of Jesus as messiah. Why?

The Real Threat to Europe's Jews

by Michael Freund

European Jewry is slowly but surely disappearing before our eyes, melting away through a combination of ignorance, assimilation and intermarriage.

Anti-Semitism in 3D

by Natan Sharansky

Differentiating legitimate criticism of Israel from the so-called new anti-Semitism.

Identifying the New Anti-Semitism

by Irwin Cotler

Israel and the Jewish people have been singled out for discriminatory treatment in the international arena -- and worst of all -- singled out for destruction.

My Tea with Rivka's Answering Machine

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Learning what loving others is all about.

A Lost Battle?

by Jonathan Rosenblum

"The problem is not that Jewish students lack the facts, it's that they don't care about them in the first place."

Daddy's Legacy

by Shellie Grafstein

A moving tribute to Mr. Joe Berman, a great Jewish leader, philanthropist, husband and father.

Students: The Key to Success on Campus

by Elliot Mathias

Students themselves are by far the most effective representatives to communicate Israel's message on campus.

Changing the World, One Journalist at a Time

by Aish.com Staff

A profile of Hollywood mogul Merv Adelson and his new pro-Israel project, Access Middle East.

Locus of Euro-hate

by Daniel Pipes

Europe's new anti-Semitism and its old reluctance to face it.

Don't Blame Jews For Anti-Semitism

by Abraham H. Foxman

Anti-Semitism, far from being a product of the Mideast conflict, is increasingly a cause of it.

The Brownshirts of Our Time

by Phyllis Chesler

The word "Palestine" is mentioned and a feminist conference turns ugly.

Life and Death in Istanbul

by Yossi K.

First-person account of the devastating synagogue bombings in Turkey.

The Spiritual Roots of Anti-Semitism

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

If the world hates the Jews, here's what can be done to respond.

The California Fire Within

by Rabbi Aryeh Markman

It all begins with one match.

"Those Jews"

by Victor Davis Hanson

If only Israel and its supporters would disappear.

Losing the War on Campus

by Natan Sharansky

The future of leadership of American Jewry is on a university campus. And what I saw there is truly frightening.

Survival of the Fittest

by Malka Shain

In South Africa, I did not want to be caught in the crossfire of somebody else's war. If I had to fight, I wanted the war to be my own.