By Steven Genack If you need a literal awakening for Sunday, then just pay heed to the beginning of this week’s parsha, “Atem nitzavim hayom

Every Rosh Hashanah (RH), many are puzzled by the flow of the Musaf Amidah, when Aleinu suddenly appears. After all, Aleinu is a prayer recited

Change is one of those words that everyone seems to have an opinion on, for better or worse. We can all agree it is inevitable

I recently delivered a webinar for Monte Nido with Dr. Melissa Spann on the subject of eating disorders in the Jewish community. This topic is

For the years when I lived in Eretz Yisrael I would arrive an hour before Rosh Hashanah at my seat toward the front of the

(Courtesy of Vaad HaRabanim) Teshuva, tefillah, tzedaka—the trio of potent weaponry in our arsenal to nullify any painful decrees for the upcoming year, r”l. As

It is at this time of year that we take the time to mull over the past year and prepare ourselves to daven for a

The question itself is shocking. Radak, a premier commentator, asks why the Tanach (Torah, Prophets, and Writings) would bother to include a nevuah (prophecy) directed

There is no better time than Chodesh Elul, as we prepare for the holy season of the Yamim Nora’im, to make the choices as to

Parashat Nitzavim This week’s haftara, the final one of the sheva d’n’chemta, the seven haftarot of consolation, does not only close the post-Tish’a B’av period

I’m a practicing attorney with a fire in my soul that burns for the Jewish people and Israel. And I’m obsessed with Birthright. Taglit-Birthright Israel