In many shuls on Shavuot night, there is a panel of speakers arranged for every hour or so until it comes time for Shacharit. Imagine
In the middle of this week’s parsha, Hashem issues a unique commandment to Aharon and his descendants: to bless Am Yisrael through the bestowal of
In our times, Rashbam’s commentary on the Torah is a very popular one, as his goal is plain-sense interpretations. (Although Ibn Ezra does the same
In this week’s parsha of Naso we read about the nazir. The nazir was an ascetic who denied himself some of the pleasures of life
Shaun Donovan likes to say he is running a campaign of ideas for mayor of New York City. Those ideas were influenced by growing up
On May 23, StandWithUs (SWU), one of the world’s most successful Israel education organizations, will celebrate its 20th anniversary. SWU is an international, nonpartisan organization
(Courtesy of Makor) The Makor College Experience, an innovative program for young men with intellectual disability (ID) looking to continue their Jewish education and experience
It is a well known and indisputable fact that a day school education is expensive. It is also a truism that day school education works.
This is a story of clear and incredible hashgacha pratis. It’s the story of an ordinary Jewish woman who did extraordinary things. It’s also the
As I packed my suitcase to head home with bags of presents and kilos of candy, I struggled to find a spot for the unavoidable
The Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) organization announced on May 11 that its members fired a burst of “Badr-3” missiles into Israel, killing two women
The recent thought-provoking articles and commentary by the distinguished practicing and leading rabbis of the Boca Raton Synagogue (“I Am Not a Modern Orthodox Rabbi,”
