(Courtesy of Bris Avrohom) Bris Avrohom recently held its 10th Annual Gala Bar Mitzvah Celebration in Israel. This year’s bar mitzvah was unique due to
Bris Avrohom’s Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky (left) and Newark’s University Hospital CEO and president, Dr. Shereef Elnahal (center) along with Newark’s University Hospital Chaplain Dr. Nathan
Daughters of Israel’s Annual Volunteer Luncheon took place on November 20, honoring its many volunteers who assist throughout the Home. Words of appreciation were shared
A growing, active chesed initiative based in the Highland Park/Edison area, which has already fielded more than 500 calls for assistance in the two years
It is uncommon for the Torah to mention the birth of daughters—but it does tell us about Dinah’s birth. However, when Yaakov splits his family
Parshat Vayishlach The 21 pesukim that make up our haftarah this week make up the entire Sefer Ovadya as well, a book found in Trei
It is critical to be aware of the threats to our way of life and know how to effectively respond to them. In prior generations,
Frightening news about shootings in synagogues throughout the world has made many of us wonder: How do we protect ourselves and our families? While this
A few years ago I visited someone to introduce him to our yeshiva for adults and ask for his support. He had never heard anything
In Biblical Hebrew, most nouns are derived from verbs. So when you see a noun and want to know what it originally meant, the first
Once again, we read in Parshat Vayishlach how one of our forefathers, Jacob, had his faith put to the test. He was about to face
Anticipating a heated and fierce confrontation with his big brother Esav, surprisingly, the Torah tells us that Yaakov “became extremely afraid” (Bereishit 32:8). Indeed, he
