But what does it mean to be proud of your heritage? Is that ethnocentric? Even supremacist?

My father grew up with little to no Jewish tradition. No Shabbat. Minimal Passover observance. No Menorah. No Kosher. He spent much of his life searching for an identity. He eventually discovered and embraced...

Religious standards of modesty govern behavior in normal, healthy interactions -- and should never be an excuse to censor educating the public on the dangers of sexual abuse.

Numerous religious websites censor the word "sexual" in the context of discussing sexual abuse. Such censorship sends the message to young people...

I have been invited to countless Super Bowl parties all of which I have declined on principle. The Super Bowl craze typifies the herd mentality, primitive tribalism and consumerism.

The herd mentality, or mob mentality, describes succumbing to blinding peer pressure to adopt certain behaviors, beliefs and mindsets. This...

Access to social media is costing employers an estimated $650 billion a year. Blocking sites, installing expensive network monitoring software, and micromanaging employees doesn't work. What is the solution?

The New York Post case-studied our company's approach of harnessing social media energy through internal social media...

A video circulating on the Internet shows a group of Palestinian youth violently bullying and mocking two young Jewish men as they are chased down a street and pelted with snowballs in Jerusalem.

In an effort to imply that this gang assault is analogous to Nazi Germany, a...

One Orthodox Jewish website exposes people accused of sex crimes against children, such as rape, even when no criminal charges have been filed. They do this in an effort to prevent sex offenders from evading the law by virtue of the statute of limitations, to fight years of...

In the wake of the Sandy Hook elementary massacre, extreme elements in religious circles have commandeered the values discussion in America by arguing that God free school zones are to blame for school shootings. Some on the far right have asserted that taking God out of the public...

In the wake of the tragic and horrifying events at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, we have seen an outpouring of support across social media platforms. Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ are buzzing with reflections and commentary on this tragedy.

Businesses from across the world have joined in...

My heart goes out to the grieving families in the Connecticut school shooting. I look at the innocence of those children and wonder how anyone could be so cold-blooded. This tragedy is unfathomable. I hugged my children more than ever this weekend.

The nation has thought long...

The Miami Heat hosted a Jewish heritage night at the basketball team's Dec. 12 game at American Airlines Arena, with tens of thousands in attendance.

Chabad of Florida performed a menorah-lighting ceremony at half-time, and a Hanukkah party was held on the court after the game.

But...

On Dec. 10, 2012, hours after Nechemya Weberman was convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing a girl he was supposed to be mentoring, the Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes presented an award to Meyer Seewald, the director of a Crown Heights-based Jewish community watchdog group that investigates and...

Nechemya Weberman, a prominent member of the Satmar sect in Williamsburg, was convicted Monday of repeatedly sexually abusing a young teen he was entrusted to mentor.

The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NY Post, NY Daily News, CBS and others have labeled Weberman and...

Each holiday season, the constitutionality of the menorah and other religious holiday displays on government property engenders fierce debates -- in traditional courtrooms and in the court of public opinion.

In deciding whether a public display of a menorah outside a government building violated the Establishment Clause of the First...

A homeless man sleeping at a Jewish youth center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, was roused from his sleep, wrongly accused of trespassing, then repeatedly and violently pummeled by the police after he jerked his hands and held them behind his back in an effort to non-violently avoid being...

In politics marketing a candidate is about building a personal relationship between the candidate and voters. Photo ops, shaking hands with constituents, and offering a chance to win dinner with the candidate are all time-honored practices used to humanize and personalize the voters' impression of the candidate.

Businesses,...

My grandfather Reuven Helman was born in Israel-Palestine in 1927. He was an Olympian recognized as a weightlifting champion, distinguished athlete in track and field, the decathlon and for his career as an athletic instructor. His ability to handily hoist 330 pounds wasn't enough to keep him healthy....

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) filed a lawsuit to halt the production and sale of Buckyball magnets, citing several injuries to children that swallowed the magnet pellets.

These magnets are marketed exclusively for adults. They are plastered with conspicuous labels warning of their danger...

The recent Colorado shooting has sparked a national debate on the effectiveness of gun control. My Facebook news feed is littered with comments from my conservative friends claiming we need more concealed carry and from my liberal friends demanding more gun control. Who is right?

When Free Speech Collides with Hate Speech, Truth is the Remedy

Conspicuously wearing my kippah, I walked out of a TJ Maxx in Cincinnati, Ohio, where I was visiting family, when a car full of skinheads sped up to me with arms stretched out the...

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has come under scrutiny for his alleged mishandling of sexual abuse cases in the Orthodox Jewish community. He should also be under scrutiny for stoking unnecessary racial tensions between blacks and Jews.

The Brooklyn DA office is charging former community patrol watchman Yitzchak...