(Courtesy of The JEC) The Jewish Educational Center’s annual gala dinner was held on May 15 at the Westmount Country Club, where supporters celebrated 77
Chloe Simone Valdary is a 23-year-old Christian from New Orleans who saw a parallel between the black experience in America and the Jewish experience in
May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h. This week we learned Zevachim 35.
We all know that in addition to our physical body, we possess a soul—a neshama. But what is a neshama, and is there a concrete
For years, we at Shaarei Orah have been praying Arvit early at the end of the first day of Yom Tov leading into the evening
Parshat Naso Our haftarah this week relates the story of the predicted (and eventually actualized) birth of Shimshon HaGibor who, his parents are told, would
Two years ago, on this week of Parshas Naso, a Jewish man, Gary Turkel, a”h, went paddle boarding at Atlantic Beach. When he didn’t return
Parshat Naso showcases the phenomenon of a nazir as the symbol of “chumra” or halachic stringency. By abstaining from drinking wine and from overindulgence in
On Thursday nights the Staums have “Shaarei Torah carpool.” Our son Shalom is in ninth grade in Yeshiva Shaarei Torah, and we have the pickup
“Yes, let’s change our plan so that the wire is now connected from this point,” I hear one sixth grader explain to another, as I
Once upon a time, teachers were revered and highly honored. The Talmud is replete with examples of how one is to honor a teacher. In
Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School held its first annual leadership banquet honoring student leaders on May 17. Students were treated to a delicious dinner and special
