A Television Recording Crew During Tefillah on Shabbat or Yom Tov?
Russia is not an easy place for a Jew to live. So when a leading Russian news show asked a leading Russian synagogue for permission
Russia is not an easy place for a Jew to live. So when a leading Russian news show asked a leading Russian synagogue for permission
The life of Abraham Ibn Ezra can be divided into two periods. The first was a stable one. According to the most recent scholarship, he
Parshat Bo The navi Yirmiyahu was an older contemporary of the navi Yechezkel. Although the time of their activities overlap, Yirmiyahu prophesied in Yerushalayim to
A few years ago I found myself davening at a busy shteibel and noticed what seemed to be a unique door that was a bit
In recent years, numerous articles and lectures have been given regarding the future of Sephardi Judaism. As a Sephardi rabbi, I was delighted. However, to
I was disturbed reading of the following criticism of the Orthodox community by Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik. The Rav discussed in his teshuva lectures the gap
As my wife and I passed by the ladies’ shoe department in a large department store, we saw hundreds of pairs of beautifully displayed expensive
Part: III Why Johnny Doesn’t Like Talmud, and What Can Be Done This is the third part of a three-part series. We focused in Part
With the Super Bowl taking place this week, it reminds me of when, a decade ago, Coach Bill Cowher took his Pittsburgh Steelers to a
Part III of III In parts I and II, after the introduction of the Churchill family, I covered his activities as they related to the
Talia Levie is studying at Midreshet Moriah in the Beit HaKerem neighborhood of Jerusalem. She is from Teaneck, and enjoyed every day of her four
Reviewing Rabbinic Authority: The Vision and the Reality. By A. Yehuda Warburg. (2017) Urim Publications. 384 pages. Hardcover. ISBN-10: 965524251X. “Rabbinic Authority: The Vision and