לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: We are making a private bar mitzvah minyan/seuda. Due to family dynamics, we want to
“Really? There are actual halachos about moving? You cannot be serious, Rabbi.” Well, we are serious and during moving day there is a little-known halacha
You can have the best and most effective treatments, but if patients don’t utilize them or don’t utilize them properly, things are not going to
he(Courtesy of Shalom Task Force) Shalom Task Force, an organization dedicated to fostering healthy relationships within the Jewish community, hosted the “Let’s Talk Relationships,” a
Dear Dr. Maslow, My wife and I would like to start a family soon. I hear terms like “the fertile window” and abbreviations like TTC
My 4-year-old daughter and I have been making glitter jars recently. Sometimes we call them “hope jars” and other times “worry jars,” but generally we
On May 31, Congregation Shearith Israel’s Caring Connection presented the 5th Annual Smash the Stigma: A Jewish Communal Conversation on Mental Illness and Suicide program.
I am proud to be part of a community in which tzedaka is a primary value. Our tzedaka goals and the various worthy causes to
I recall a Yiddish maxim of my teenage years which has remained with me. “Az meh hot nit kayn flaysh, redt men veggn flaysh—If one
Alysa Cohen, 48, made aliyah in August 2019, from Teaneck to Zichron Yaakov with her husband, Amir, and children Rami, Daphna, Yonatan and Aviv, who
Dear Rabbi, The last time you heard from me was about 35 years ago when I graduated high school. Today I’m 51, married and my
A Westfield Board of Education member, who is being investigated by the New Jersey School Ethics Commission over her alleged antisemitic actions, has lost her
