A Sephardic Jew Reciting a Haftarah at a Taanit Mincha in an Ashkenazic Kehillah
The Dilemma This could be an awkward moment. The gabai at an Ashkenazi beit knesset calls a Sephardic Jew for shlishi during Mincha on a
The Dilemma This could be an awkward moment. The gabai at an Ashkenazi beit knesset calls a Sephardic Jew for shlishi during Mincha on a
OneFamily will be bringing a group of young women in their late teens, all of whom have been deeply affected by terror, to the tri-state
Forty years have elapsed, and the Jewish people are positioned to enter the land. The previous generation has all but passed, and gradually the leadership
Living in New York unquestionably has benefits and drawbacks. But for high schoolers, living in New York means having to take the dreaded Regents exams.
I have always been fascinated by this root. G-Z-R in Tanach has a meaning like “cut” or “separate.” But at Esther 2:1 it has the
Do you know why we are here? Why do we go to shul? The answer should be obvious—to pray to God. But why is there
Parshat Chukat Although we often search to find a connection between the parsha and its haftarah, we have no need to wonder about Chazal’s selection
Tomorrow morning at an early hour I will be getting into our car and driving to Baltimore, Maryland. What’s in Baltimore you ask? I am
Did you ever think that in an imperfect world there can be an entity of perfection? Would it be comforting to know that you could
(Courtesy of ALEH) In March, the Jerusalem facility of ALEH (www.ALEH.org), Israel’s network of care for children with severe complex disabilities, inaugurated a state-of-the-art hydrotherapy
(Courtesy of AMIT) The robotics team from the Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sutker AMIT Modi’in School for Boys came in second place in the First
(Courtesy of PUAH) Before Prof. Sheli Mazaki, director of Perinatal Unit and High-Risk Pregnancy Department at Sheba Medical Center, began his presentation at PUAH’s recent