The Jerusalem Connection
This weekly radio show was like none other. Produced by the Jerusalem Education Fund and broadcast from WNWR in Philadelphia, “The Jerusalem Connection” presented the day’s most thought-provoking interviews of the leading writers, pundits and government officials. “The Jerusalem Connection” show was available online and listened to by individuals all over the world who were seeking a hard, new, cultural analysis and great interviews. First airing in 2001 “The Jerusalem Connection” ceased broadcasting after a very successful run,
Aleph Magazine
Cutting edge with the best and the brightest writers, commentators and scholarly thinkers, Aleph Magazine was the most exciting Jewish online magazine of its day. Aleph Magazine tookaim at every facet of life. The goal is simple: to understand who we are, what we do and why. Getting there is far more complex.
Leadership
Education has always been placed at the top Jewish priorities. However, Talmud Torah can only be weighed against all the Torah’s Mitzvoth on the condition that it is both teleologically as well as mechanically correct. It’s teaching must instill the infinite wisdom that the Holy One, blessed is He, had given over at Sinai through the Prophet Moses. For only through this wisdom we know how to act as Jews.
Despite the abundance of Jewish educational facilities today, few conceptually understand the true Jewish Idea. Hence, the catastrophic state of affairs that has come about as a natural development of conceptually unsound or incomplete teachings — no real leadership and consequently, no real followers.
JEFI can, through the abilities of its members and supporters, carry the torch forward and light the darkness of a Judaism-starved generation. Change can only come about through the actions of those that see, as well as cognize, their true purpose.
B’tzedek Magazine (and internet edition) 1996-1998.
B’tzedek, “The Journal of Responsible Jewish Commentary,” conceived by Arno HaKohen Weinstein and Israel Fuchs — editor and senior editor, respectively — along with a team of first-rate political thinkers, including, Mordechai Nisan, Steven Plaut and Louis Rene Beres in 1996 set out to provide a platform for authentic Jewish thinking, marginalized, more often than not, by the mainstream media.
As the inside cover of each issue boldly stated:
This journal, though created primarily as a forum for essays and articles which concern the rectification and unification of Jewish thought is, however, open to a wide range of scholarly work on the subjects of Jews and Judaism. The general and glaring absence from public discourse of writings dealing with these topics, particularly in the context of a commonwealth, has brought about the need for such a publication. B’tzedek seeks to serve this end constitute a source of expression from the classical and traditional perspectives. B’tzedek strives to influence and provoke thought regarding the state of Jewry; historically and currently as it expresses Judaism in thought and action, individually and nationalistically.
Though only two years in print, B’tzedek cultivated a dedicated readership worldwide — from Taiwan to Teaneck, New Jersey, awarded the prestigious MSN Award, and accepted for distribution by New York’s Hearst Publications.