Grab a Wife and Find Joy!

Grab a Wife and Find Joy!

By Rabbi Elie Mischel “Awake, awake, O Zion! Clothe yourself in splendor; put on your robes of majesty, Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean shall never enter you again” (Isaiah 52:1).  In the Bible, horrific events are almost inevitably...
Is Civil War on the Horizon?

Is Civil War on the Horizon?

By Rabbi Elie Mischel “It’s time for Americans to wake up to a fundamental reality: the continued unity of the United States of America cannot be guaranteed. At this moment in history, there is not a single important cultural, religious, political, or social force...
The Welcoming Idolater

The Welcoming Idolater

Rabbi Elie Mischel As I read the story of Micah and his idol, I was bowled over by this man’s sheer audacity. According to Jewish tradition, Micah established a house of idolatry a mere three miles from the Tabernacle in Shiloh. Micah’s house of idolatry was so close...
A Book that Never Grows Stale

A Book that Never Grows Stale

By Rabbi Elie Mischel Saul Bellow won more honors and recognition than any writer of his time. Everywhere he went he was revered as a “wise man,” and his award winning books were read by untold thousands. By the time he died in 2005, he was considered one of the great...