I pray to Hashem every day, most of the time together with a minyan. However, most of the time I simply recite the words of

The 2024 presidential elections are only about a year away, and it won’t be long before the state primaries begin. And while it’s anybody’s guess

My friend of 50-plus years, Rabbi Hillel Fendel, recently published an article, “Approaching Aliya—Youthfully.” He bemoans the fact that many American Jews have used excuses

Photographs and memories All that I have are these To remember you — Jim Croce I hate taking photographs. I don’t photograph particularly well, and

In 1923, the first issue of Time Magazine was published … the first game at Yankee Stadium was played … and the Walt Disney Company

This week Israeli singing sensation Ishay Ribo attracted thousands of his fans to a jam packed Madison Square Garden for a concert. It’s very rare

The busiest time of the season for Jewish weddings is right after Tisha B’Av and before Rosh Hashanah, when many families planning weddings like to

A couple of months ago, the Young Israel of Stamford was scheduled to appear before the town’s zoning board to gain approval on expanding the

In 1979, the only weekly Orthodox Anglo-Jewish newspaper you could read was The Jewish Press. Many of our families subscribed to the publication—and the newspaper

I am an avid reader of many Orthodox Jewish periodicals, including The Jewish Link, The Jewish Press, OU’s Jewish Action, and Mizrachi’s magazine. I also

I rarely reread the columns I wrote that have been published … by the time they are in print, I am already thinking of what

On Thursday, July 27th we observed Tisha B’Av, the saddest day of the year on the Jewish calendar. Tisha B’Av reminds us that it is