A Cable to Jewish Life

27-CJ Torah Vs-CJ Civil Law
Is capital punishment revenge, justice, or knowledge of the exact hour when one is to die? "Judaism and Torah Law teach us not to be absolute about anything," says Judge Jerome Hornblass, who compares today's New York State civil law in the USA to the Torah way of law and order. Take notes with a legal pad.
29-CJ Torah, the Way to Live
"Jewish education is, making well-rounded men," says Dr. Norman Lamm, President of Yeshiva University. That's what the Yeshiva is all about. Dr. Lamm discusses the importance of Torah study for the Jew, even when in university in the 1990s, according to the teachings of the Rav, Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik, and praises the work of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in reaching out to the world.
30-CJ The Physician and Torah
From the time Jacob crossed the water and hurt himself and the sun's rays healed him to today's dedicated Jewish doctor to heal and prolong life, Torah and medicine have been synonymous. "To be a Jewish physician is to be a messenger of G-d," says Dr. Albert Hornblass, who shares his personal experience as an Orthodox Jewish ophthalmologist. Watch eye-opening video of the medicinal value of his children's Torah education and bar/bas mitzvahs.
43-CJ The Rebbe (4) and the Scholar
Dr. Manfred Lehmann discusses his meetings with the Rebbe and his interest in old manuscripts, his love for Israel, and of the lies about the Arab claims on Jerusalem.
66-CJ The People and Their Book
Hear things you never knew about the Talmud, the book Jews consider their Constitution and what non-Jews like to acclaim as "that book of gems, the book of gold, of wonders many and manifold." Rabbi Nesanel Kassnett, editor and writer of the Schottenstein Talmud by Mesorah Publications, and Meyer Eichler, founder and president of Eichler's of Flatbush, discuss the Jewish people and their historical connection to the Book.
108-CJ 49 Steps to Personal Refinement
Rabbi Simon Jacobson, in his new book, reveals that the most time-tested answer to the everlasting search for meaning and purpose in life to achieve the highest level of personal refinement and perfection is found in the Torah. He tells how it's possible for everyone to achieve through a 49-step program, practiced every year when we count the Omer. The counting takes place between the holidays of Passover and Shavuos.
111-CJ Getting High on Torah
Dr. Naftali Fish from Jerusalem and Yisroel Fogel from Connecticut reveal all, from a high on drugs to a high on Torah. "Each Jew has his own personal secret in the Torah, and he can be cured of drugs by this very Torah secret." Learn about Drug Rehab the Torah Way, an international joint effort.
112-CJ Marriage - "The Torah Way"
What is it about marriage and why is it even more necessary when children are involved? Educators and mothers Chana Sharfstein and Nechama Heber talk about Torah-based marriage, the good old-fashioned way, a garden that needs tending and love, in which Torah values supply the water. An eye-opening invitation to marry and raise children that works and lasts a lifetime.
116-CJ Jewish Mysticism (1)
Into a bottle clearly marked Judaism, we have all those wonderful ABCs of self-fulfillment and self-improvement, and Rabbi Laibl Wolf from Australia will spoon-feed you the deepest spiritual experiences you will ever taste--through our very own Jewish culture and traditions.
117-CJ Torah and Israel
Israel's recent election established, for the first time, Torah-observant politicians gaining 1/3 of the Israeli parliament. Rabbi Max Schreier and Israel Friedman discuss the profound role the Rebbe has played to help Israel survive and grow in a Jewish way, and how the young people of Chabad, in Israel, are making major strides to help hold firm Israel's sanctity, indivisibility and Jewish outlook.
119-CJ Jewish Mysticism (2) - "The Wolf's At Your Door"
Laibl Wolf from Australia returns, with an infusion of spirituality and Jewish mysticism, to help us turn our lives around for the very good. Wolf shares deep secrets of Kabbalah and Chasidus, and sheds light on why it's in vogue to fund one's inner self.
121-CJ Israel: Torah Says It's Jewish Land
Shmuel Sackett, co-director of Zo Artzeinu, explains the value of Eretz Yisrael. "To love Jews and to care for their security requires self-sacrifice," says Sackett. "If you act according to Torah, victory is yours, and Israel is a safe place once again."
122-CJ Heart to Heart (2) - "The Upside of Down Syndrome"
Hear how Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Goldstock of "Heart to Heart" successfully placed a school-age girl with Down syndrome into the Orthodox yeshivah program--a first in Jewish history--and the amazing thing is that it was his own daughter. Be mystified no more as Dr. Goldstock tells you about the upside of this much-misunderstood illness and discusses the Torah principles that Heart to Heart uses to help "save perfect Jewish souls in less than perfect bodies" from a fate of many extremes called Down syndrome.
137-CJ Torah In Cyberspace
Leibel Cohen, creator of the new Cyberspace website, Thinkjewish.com, and Lubavitcher lecturer Rabbi Yosef Jacobson tell how Torah and science are joining forces to help the world's inhabitants reach the depths of G-dliness. By logging on Thinkjewish.com, hear how you can connect to the Jewish world and learn the Torah secrets of Judaism you might have missed along your Jewish path.
149-CJ The Truth About the Bible Codes
The Bible Codes are all over the media, and they're brand new. Surprise, these hidden codes of the Torah have been mentioned a thousand years ago by Rashi and seven hundred years ago by Rabbi Bachaye. Even for the past ten years they've been discussed extensively by Lubavitcher Rabbi Heschel Greenberg of the Jewish Discovery Center. Now hear him reveal the real truth about the Bible Codes and what they mean to your life.