New York—Teaneck residents Chana and Daniel Shields were honored at the 2013 AMIT Annual Dinner recently held at Chelsea Piers in New York City. All
November 10, 2013 marked the Sh’loshim, 30 days, since Rav Ovadiah Yosef’s death and, as such, Shaarei Orah, the first Sephardic congregation in Teaneck, hosted
New York—The annual “Think Israel” conference organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh, the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, The Jewish Agency for Israel and Keren Kayemeth
Tosefta are still being written on the Iranian Nuke deal by pundits, politicos, ponderers and opinionator. But Jewish leaders around the world, members of the
To the Editor: I look forward to reading Robert Katz’s column; his most recent, “Dear God, Thanks, But No Thanks,” 11/14/13. Although he may not
Things finally seem to be getting better for Yosef. Following being sold to Mitzrayim, the difficult challenge of eishes Potiphar and his subsequent imprisonment, Yosef
He could never show his face in the Chabad House again. He was a laughingstock. Everyone knew what he had done. He was even on
America and Israel are in uncharted waters. Just eight months since President Barack Obama visited Israel on the first foreign trip of his second term
Individuals who come together in a community maintain a shared identity. Communities, and social groups of all kinds, are defined by common behaviors, beliefs and
Each day we walk around in our modern world wirelessly connected. Whether we’re sporting a tablet, smartphone (or two) or even the new wave of
I don’t particularly want to sound like Sarah Palin, but the term “holiday season” irks me. It smacks of a pernicious movement to homogenize society
There has been much ado this year about the fact that the first day of Chanukah coincides with the holiday of Thanksgiving. The last time
