College is expensive. You know that. To help pay for college, scholarships, grants and loans are available. You know that, too. But determining how much
A recent report from the U.S. Department of Labor confirms what many of us already suspect. Employee productivity is on the decline, with increases in
Many of the greatest Sephardic authorities of the prior generation, Rav Ovadia Yosef (Teshuvot Yechave Da’at 5:62), Rav Shalom Massas (Teshuvot Shemesh UMagein 1: EH:
Parshat Vayishlach The Book of Ovadya, which we read this week as our haftarah, focuses upon the sins of Edom, depicting the ultimate destruction of
Hallel comprises Tehillim chapters 113-118. I will discuss these words in the order they appear. עקרת: Here the meaning is “barren, without children.” Most of
Toward the end of the first century, at least two delegations of Jewish leaders traveled to Rome to plead the case of the weakened Jewish
October 26-27, a few weeks ago, was the week of the Shabbat Project, when Jews of all affiliations and backgrounds throughout the world were united
My friend’s father was a paratrooper in the Israeli army during the Six-Day War. He was dropped off in middle of the desert with orders
Reviewing: “Time in the Babylonian Talmud: Natural and Imagined Times in Jewish Law and Narrative,” by Lynn Kaye. Cambridge University Press. Hardcover. 2018. English. ISBN-13:
“Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World’s Most Famous Detective Writer” by
Reviewing: “Search Engine: Finding Meaning in Jewish Texts, Volume 2,” by Rabbi Gil Student. Kodesh Press. 2018. $24.95. Rabbi Akiva: The Great Out-of-the-Box-Thinking Tanna
Reviewing: “Becoming Israeli: The Hysterical, Inspiring and Challenging Sides of Making Aliyah,” by Akiva Gersh. Rimonim Press. Paperback. 263 pages. 2018. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry.
