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May 16, 2025, 1:09 PM

The uncomfortable truth about leading for good

The world felt decidedly unfair in my house yesterday. My daughter, an avid reader and a budding writer herself, descended the stairs in tears – true, shoulder-shaking sobs. The cause? A beloved couple in the fictional universe she’s immersed...

Marc J. Rosenstein

May 15, 2025, 7:22 PM

The Jewish Power Blog: Power over the Past (2)

One of the mysteries of the Jewish calendar is Lag Ba’omer (May 16 this year), the 33rd day of the counting of the Omer – the 49 days from the second day of Passover until Shavuot (see Leviticus 23:15-6). ...

Sherwin Pomerantz

May 7, 2025, 11:56 PM

Bringing the Hostages Home

The basic obligation of a government is to provide for the safety of its citizens. In Israel, an additional obligation owed to all of us here is to make sure we never leave people on the battlefield or in...

Steven Greenberg

May 7, 2025, 4:51 PM

Senior rabbis shouldn’t quit Yeshiva University over a gay club on campus

A pedestrian on the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City on August 30, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/File)

When YU leadership maligns these students, it shows how poorly it understands these young men, their commitment to Torah, and their need for support

Mordechai Silverstein

May 6, 2025, 2:56 PM

The Test of a Real Leader

The prophets were renowned for taking on the powerful when they perceived injustice, immorality, iniquity or the misuse of power. They were aware, like no others, of the consequences of such behavior. They knew that such behavior, when found...

Este Abramowitz

May 1, 2025, 9:56 AM

Healer of Healers

Photo credit: Roth family. “Only a phone call away.”

There are some people who are unreplicable and irreplaceable. Rabbi Yosef Roth was one of the very few people I know who was just as unassuming as he was great, who was inwardly content and joyful, and who spoke...

Apr 28, 2025, 5:49 PM

Could Marwan Barghouthi be the solution?

Marwan Barghouthi has been in prison for 23 years. He is the most popular Palestinian leader. I have known Marwan since 1996 from the many meetings that he participated in between Palestinian and Israeli politicians and security personnel that...

Apr 16, 2025, 11:29 PM

Can Gurudev mediate the Hamas-Israeli Conflict?

The Middle East, often characterized by its profound historical and religious significance, finds itself at a critical juncture amid ongoing conflict and strife, war and violence. The recent visit of Indian spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of...

Benjamin G. Kelsen

Apr 11, 2025, 11:38 AM

From Service to Sacrifice: Lessons in Leadership from Parshas Tzav

One of the first instructions in Parshas Tzav relates to the removal of the ashes from the mizbeach, the mitzvah of terumas ha-deshen. At first glance, this task seems minor, even mundane, in comparison with the dramatic rituals of...

Benjamin G. Kelsen

Apr 8, 2025, 2:04 AM

From Pharaoh to Freedom: Lessons in Leadership Found in the Haggadah

Introduction: The Haggadah as a Leadership Manual In commemoration of the 21st yahrzeit of Efraim Chanoch ben Dovid HaLevi, zt"l The Haggadah is more than a liturgical script for the Seder night; it is a masterclass in Jewish leadership, woven into...

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