Writing about the Jewish community these days has been terribly depressing … my most recent columns have focused on the increase in antisemitism here in

This past weekend, it was impossible to read the story of Amalek on Shabbat morning and hear the Megillah reading on Saturday night and Sunday

During the past few weeks, there has been renewed discussion in Israel about changing the laws about exempting yeshiva students from serving in the IDF.

Immediately after the October 7 massacre in Israel occurred, the American Jewish community sprung into action and opened their wallets to a degree never before

Forty-two years ago, when Sharon and I moved to Connecticut, we knew very little about the state. My main connection to the Nutmeg State was

My wife Sharon and I are at the age where many of our peers are downsizing their residences. Some of our friends have moved to

Where were you this past Sunday between 6:30 and 10 p.m.? My guess is that you were likely part of the 100 million-plus worldwide viewers

I’m sure it’s happened to you … you meet a stranger at shul or at a social event and you immediately find a connection between

For the past 25 years, Rabbi Mark Wildes has connected with tens of thousands of young Jews in New York City, through programming that he

“Morning comes and morning goes with no regret. The evening brings the memories I can’t forget. Empty rooms that echo as I climb the stairs.

Ten years ago I lost one of my favorite teachers. Not someone who taught me Tanach or Gemara or Hebrew language, but someone who taught