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Hillel the Elder

Eliezer Lawrence
January 29, 2017, 2:11 pm
Eliezer Lawrence
It’s a strange time to be a Jew
He’s been knocked for his religiosity, for being liberal, and for being Jewish, but he won’t give up on his ideals
Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner attend the 'Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology' Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, May 2, 2016. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images for People.com, via JTA)
September 11, 2016, 7:31 pm
Ivanka Trump quotes Hillel, cites Emma Watson
In Instagram post, Republican nominee’s daughter, an Orthodox Jew, attributes mishnaic statement to Harry Potter star
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Donniel Hartman, dean of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. (Courtesy of Shalom Hartman Institute)
June 28, 2016, 11:31 am
God must not be our top priority, says Orthodox rabbinical revolutionary
Donniel Hartman, the head of an educational powerhouse, argues heretically that the great monotheistic religions are fatally flawed — by an obsessive focus on God that overwhelms what should be our prime imperative, to live decent, moral lives. Here, he explains how we need to fight back
By David Horovitz
Malaysian Prime Minister Muhammad Najib Abdul Razak (photo credit: CC BY Wikipedia/Malaysian government)
October 3, 2015, 2:37 am
Malaysian PM calls for ‘new dawn’ in Muslim-Jewish relations
In defending Muslim rights at Temple Mount, Najib Razak invokes Jewish sage Hillel’s ‘Golden Rule’
By JTA
Prayer (illustrative image: Shutterstock)
September 13, 2013, 5:02 pm
Why I’m not apologizing to everyone this year
Yom Kippur, personal salvation, and the cardinal sin of solipsism
By Elie Leshem
Eric Fingerhut, president of Hillel (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
July 15, 2013, 8:54 am
Former Ohio congressman tapped as Hillel head
Eric Fingerhut ‘thrilled’ to take the helm of influential student life organization
Mendel Horowitz
September 27, 2012, 12:39 pm
Mendel Horowitz
Minyan, group therapy, and the validation of being seen
Men who conform to standards they don’t value or espouse impressions they don’t believe are typically — understandably — lonely. Not all minyaneers are loyal Musketeers
Naomi Chazan
September 16, 2012, 12:22 pm
Naomi Chazan
Reckoning and renewal
With the new year upon us, adoption of the moral precepts that have guided Jews throughout the ages can go a long way toward replacing the present atmosphere of trepidation and helplessness
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