(Courtesy of JCCA) JCC Association of North America announced the appointment of Barak Hermann as the organization’s incoming president and chief executive officer. Hermann currently
The largest Jewish women’s event in the Metropolitan area is the Mikvah Chana Gala, in Livingston, planned for Wednesday, February 26. Eight hundred women and
Rosa Elias, 90+ years young, made aliyah on Tuesday from Newark Airport. Here she’s pictured with five of her grandchildren and her son and daughter-in-law,
(Courtesy of OU) The Yachad New Jersey Gala, held on Motzei Shabbat, January 4, was an evening filled with support, appreciation and inspiration. Attendees gathered
The JCC Mid-Westchester, in partnership with the Westchester chapter of Run for Their Lives, recently hosted local teens and adults for a powerful and moving
One of the oldest and most foundational teachings of Pirkei Avot asserts: “Derech eretz kadma l’Torah”—the “ways of the land” precede Torah and mitzvot. This
The following thoughts emerged from discussions from the beautiful Shabbat surrounding the Shalom Zachor of my beloved grandson, Yeshaya Naftali, on the Shabbat of Parshat
As we have seen, we should use our belief in, relationship with and feelings toward Hashem as cornerstones of our religious identity. Accomplishing this can
My 5-year-old twin grandsons were at my house last Shabbos and we were talking about Mitzrayim and the Jews being enslaved by Pharaoh. They asked
In Sanhedrin 33a, a third-generation Amora, Rav Sheshet (citing Rav Assi, Rabbi Assi or in Sanhedrin 6, Rabbi Ami) distinguishes between two types of error
One of the primary disciples of Rav Chaim Brisker, Reb Boruch Ber Leibovitz, was a talmud genius of renown and one of the great progenitors
We all hope and daven for Moshiach’s imminent arrival. One way to bring it about faster is to keep his arrival foremost in our mind
