“Never Forget Is Now,” this year’s theme for the virtual 2021 Holocaust remembrance at Kean University, opened with the legacy of fourth-generation survivors, poignantly shared
Rabbi Sacks, zt’’l, had prepared a full year of Covenant & Conversation for 5781, based on his book Lessons in Leadership. The Sages were eloquent
In life, before we move forward, we must take inventory. It is true in the business world just as it is true in many areas
A talmid in his late 30s called and asked me if he is permitted to shave his entire head in what he calls a “preemptive
When I was in my late teens, I once asked my rosh yeshiva, Hagaon Harav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, zt”l, “What should I do? There are
Parshiyot Tazria-Metzora The opening words of the haftarah that we read for this parsha provide us with the clear connection to our parshiyot. “V’arba’ah anashim
The beginning of Parshat Tazria outlines the mitzvah of brit milah, commanded to take place on day 8 of a boy’s birth. While milah was
By creation of both human and animal, the verses both state that each received a “living soul.” Rashi (Bereishit 2:7) points out, however, that the
Is the glass half-full or half-empty? Well, that really depends on the training you got. Are you the one who sees every blemish, who notices
Reviewing: “To This Very Day,” by Amnon Bazak. Maggid. 2020. English. Hardcover. 492 pages. ISBN-10: 1592645151. The publication of this book (471 pages with extensive
Thoughts from Pesach to Yom HaShoah to Yom Hazikaron to Yom Ha’atzma’ut. How can we commemorate the incomprehensible, the totally unimaginable? How can we have
Over Pesach, I noticed a woman I thought was Baila Friedberg coming out of shul. “Good Yom Tov, Mrs. Friedberg.” “Good Yom Tov. However, my
