The Dor L’Dor group at Congregation Ahavath Torah, Englewood, sponsor an in-person pre-Rosh Hashanah “lunch and learn” on Tuesday, September 20 at noon at the
The Bronx Jewish Center at Pelham Parkway, newly located at 900 Pelham Parkway South, Bronx, NY 10462, will proudly be hosting High Holiday services at
On September 8, dozens of Washington Heights professionals streamed into the social hall of Mount Sinai Jewish Center for the first day of “ShulWork,” a
Women’s Initiative for Jewish Studies (WIJS) at Young Israel of New Rochelle is proud to present Dr. Nechumi Malovicki-Yaffe on Sunday, September 18 at 10
MK Nir Barkat believes he has an answer for the Palestinian problem, and it doesn’t involve a two-state solution or even a one-state solution. Speaking
The tochacha section of Parshat Ki Tavo depicts horrifying scenes of wretched human suffering. As divine retribution for our ongoing national infidelity, we plummet into
At the wedding of my older son Binyamin to Raizy Neuman a few weeks ago, I was overwhelmed with a feeling of great hakarat hatov
When I was a child, my mother sent me to a nearby neighbor to borrow a bottle of milk. I was shy, but I went
”שְׁמַעְיָה אוֹמֵר, אֱהֹב אֶת הַמְּלָאכָה, וּשְׂנָא אֶת הָרַבָּנוּת, וְאַל תִּתְוַדַּע לָרָשׁוּת.“ (אבות א:י) We are, of course, familiar with Shimon Hatzadik’s seminal statement (at the
Happiness, said Aristotle, is the ultimate good at which all humans aim. But in Judaism it is not necessarily so. Happiness is a high value.
Our parsha opens with mitzvat bikkurim. Each year, the farmer brings his first fruits to the Beit Hamikdash in thanks to Hashem. The farmer then
How many taxes are filed on the night of April 14? Just ask all the accountants who come to the Seder bleary eyed. And how
