Jewish biblical exegesis operates on multiple levels. Rashi, who nearly a millennium later remains the most influential exegete, employed two methods of interpretation: Peshat, which
The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is about the map—who gets what and how much of historic Palestine. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry may well have
Shemot: 35:5 Rabbi Chezky Markovitz knew that second grade was not where he was meant to be. True, he had just finished his smicha program
Twenty years ago, in February 1994, I published a lengthy cover story in The Atlantic Monthly, “The Coming Anarchy: How Scarcity, Crime, Overpopulation, Tribalism, and Disease are
Do you practice endogamy? Are you and your spouse endogamous? Don’t worry, because before reading another local Jewish publication, I had no idea what it
Teaneck—More than 300 people packed into Congregation Rinat Yisrael recently for a program called Ancient Traditions, Modern Challenges. The audience viewed two Israeli movies about
There are many types of people in this world. There are nice ones, not nice ones, and ones that pretend to be nice, but really
A celebration was hosted at Emunah’s Bet Elezraki Children’s Home for At-Risk Children in Netanya in honor of our daughter, Racheli Schachter’s bat mitzvah. Racheli
Englewood—Ruchama King Feuerman, author of the new novel, In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist, published by New York Review of Books, will be the featured
Teaneck—People with disabilities are not patients, children, or brave souls, Chava Willig Levy told about 75 people at a fundraising reception for the Jewish Women’s
New York—Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and the Yeshiva University community will celebrate the ordination of its largest class of musmakhim [ordained rabbis] at
Passaic—Dr. Evan and Yael Kroll, active members of the Passaic community, will be the recipients of PTACH’s coveted Professional Leadership Award at its Annual Scholarship
