Morris Allen
By Morris Allen
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Opinion Sholom Rubashkin Is Free. Now He Must Redeem Himself.
When the cheering stops, and the visits to the Ohel come to an end, I hope that Sholom Rubashkin can find purpose and meaning in his life moving forward. It is tragic to spend one’s life behind bars for crimes committed. While the president has commuted his sentence, Sholom Rubashkin remains a convicted felon and…
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Opinion I Was Blacklisted By Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
The first memory I have of my father, Harry S. Allen, sitting me down and telling me the facts of life was when I was 4 or 5. He told me in no uncertain terms that there were three things that one needed to do to live a decent and fully Jewish life: keep kosher,…
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