Black and his wife converted to Judaism in 2013, and, along with their children, they moved to Israel in 2016. Today, the family of nine lives in Beit Shemesh and are part of the Hasidic community.
The founder shares his advice for his eventual successor, hopes for future generations and gratitude for his many partners, including Frank Sinatra.
While disillusioned “New Jews” are getting all the attention, there’s a generation of more traditional Jews who never needed a wake-up call.
In American society, college education can play a role comparable to that played by textual study in traditional Jewish communities. But for that to happen, colleges will need to emphasize critical thinking more explicitly and consistently than they currently do.
This spring, on March 19, 2023, Yeshiva University, in a historic collaboration across multiple organizations and multiple faiths, is convening a conference called “Restoring the American Story” for high school educators on its Wilf campus in New York City.
A new government begins its term with an advantage: It has enough votes to survive for a full term and implement its plans. But there is also a disadvantage: Very little good will from all those who did not vote for it.
At the historic Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem, the Omni-American Future Project aimed to restrengthen the bonds between the Black and Jewish communities.
It feels as though I’m standing at a funeral for my family members, yet no friends, no colleagues or anyone outside of my immediate family has bothered to attend.
In his new book, “Why Not? Lessons in Comedy, Courage and Chutzpah,” LA comic Mark Schiff finds the humor and humanity in the things we care most about.
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