(Courtesy of YU) Yeshiva University is proud to announce a significant increase in funding this year for the Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies for
(Courtesy of Migdal Ohr) Long-time Executive Board Member Nachman Paul has been appointed as the new president of American Friends of Migdal Ohr (AFMO), the
Agent Reginald Johnson of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Bias/Community Outreach Unit, and president of the Metuchen-Edison NAACP, will speak on Thursday, January 27, at
YIEB Delivers New Years’ Meals to East Brunswick PD The Young Israel of East Brunswick (YIEB) continued its annual tradition of cooking holiday meals for
(Courtesy of JFCS) “The stigma of long-term unemployment can be profound and long-lasting,” according to Ofer Sharone, PhD, professor of sociology at UMass Amherst and
Alexander “Ozer” Herzog is keeping his finger on the pulse of the Passaic-Clifton community as he grows into his new role as executive director of
(Courtesy of Bris Avrohom) Among its many youth programs, Bris Avrohom runs a successful Avos U’banim program, where parents and children come to shul Saturday
On December 29, YINR’s Ruach program celebrated the conclusion of its ninth year, honoring its heart and center, founder Vera Koppel. Host Aviva Adler said:
Go to Washington and take a tour of the memorials and you will make a fascinating discovery. Begin at the Lincoln Memorial with its giant
Gemara, Rambam and Shulchan Aruch The Gemara (Pesachim 115a) is explicit: we must wash before eating wet food. Examples include washed fruit and vegetables, pickles
Thoughts about the terrible crimes committed by a trusted leader. In 1993, when the Lubavitcher Rebbe passed away, I was a young rabbi listening to
I remember the wedding of a good friend of mine, Rabbi Dovid Kaplan, who is now a major maggid shiur in Yerushalayim. During one of
