Editorial Team of the online edition of Blitz

Jewish Journal highlights Azerbaijan’s model of interreligious harmony and multiculturalism

Azertak The Jewish Journal has published an article by Milikh Yevdayev, Head of the Community of Azerbaijan’s Mountain Jews, who highlighted Azerbaijan’s model of interreligious harmony and multiculturalism. “I have

Rosh HaShanah: What Really Counts

Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo “On Rosh HaShanah all the inhabitants of the world pass before Him like a flock of sheep.” (Mishnah Rosh HaShanah 1:2.) “Like walking on a

Judaism and Sir Isaac Newton

B. Gordon Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest scientists of all time. Some of his most outstanding discoveries include the laws of optics or the physics of light,

My Return to the Faith My Grandfather Abandoned

Emuna BenGera “Grandpa, I met the man I’m going to marry.” Sitting in his kitchen in Florida, my grandfather raised his eyes. This was unexpected, even coming from me. Trying

My Bargain with God in North Korea POW Camp

Shlomi Gil Back in 1951, American draftee Leonard Wisper lay critically injured in a North Korean POW camp. With chances of survival minimal, he made a bargain with God that

The Bucket List and Rosh Hashanah

Rabbi Benjamin Blech Bucket lists are invariably filled with ideas about travel to places you’ve never been, adventures you’ve never had, people you’ve never met. The common denominator is one

Dear rabbis, take a stand in your High Holiday sermons

Jan Zauzmer Last year, I wrote an essay urging rabbis to deliver a High Holiday sermon that was relevant to the political moment. “I understand the typical view that it is better

Rosh Hashanah in Belgian city

Cnaan Liphshiz Come autumn, hundreds of men and their children stream out of the dozens of synagogues of this Belgian city’s Jewish quarter, and walk quietly to its main park.

Rosh Hashanah needs a little preparation

Wendie Lash, Lex Rofeberg and Estee Solomon Gray Too often, Rosh Hashanah resembles Kramer from “Seinfeld.” Barging onto the scene in a haste, it takes us aback. Its entry neither

Lana Del Rey denies entertaining Palestinian audience

Jewish Telegraph Agency American singer Lana Del Rey pulled out of her scheduled performance at an Israeli music festival at the last minute, saying it was because she was unable