When a Crown Heights Shul Tolerates Violence, Threats and Assaults Happen
There should be no tolerance for violence at shuls or Jewish events. I have been to several shuls and Jewish Continue Reading
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Should We Blame Everything on God?
I read an article in Neshamas recently where an anonymous writer claimed that “Hashem (God) doesn’t care”. Here is an Continue Reading
Think I am not Jewish.Well, Maybe You Aren’t Either!
By Andrea Karshan As a convert, I get really tired of some born Jews who scrutinize my conversion. Is the Continue Reading
How Safe is Your Synagogue?
By Motti Gabler It was Shabbat on a Friday evening, and a group of young men and children had just Continue Reading
Designer Babies and Jewish Law
By: Eli Neiman It is often fun reading scientific fiction novels. We then return to reality and marvel at our Continue Reading
Jewish Converts Speak Out Against Those Who Scrutinize Them: “How Would You Feel If You Had to Prove Yourself to Everyone Everyday?”
By Andrea Karshan The Torah and other Jewish writings instruct born Jews to be kind to converts and not to oppress Continue Reading
The Shidduch Crisis: No One’s Fault But Our Own
By Andrea Karshan My friend said: “What Hitler couldn’t do to the Jews the Jews are doing to themselves. This Continue Reading
Israel: The Great Divider of American Jewry
By Andrea Karshan I am becoming less and less pro-Israel by the day. I find the Israeli government, the Rabbinate, Continue Reading
Unrealistic and Stupid Expectations of Converts and Those Converting to Judaism
By Andrea Karshan Some born Jews feel that as converts we owe something to the Jewish world because we converted. Continue Reading
That Magic Word “Halakha”
By Andrea Karshan Let me say this about that magic word “halakha”… One thing I have found about Halakha is Continue Reading