During the past few years there has been a noticeable rise in antisemitism in the United States, and the Jewish community has been shocked by
Many folks in the Orthodox world are quick to offer their opinions about the state of affairs in our community, outlining what’s wrong with Orthodoxy
Chaya Sima Koenigsberg, an up and coming, highly respected Judaic studies scholar, will be this year’s featured speaker at Congregation Agudath Sholom’s four-part spring scholar
Several years ago, my wife purchased a small but beautiful piece of art for me on my birthday—it is a stained-glass colorful rendering of the
Describe in a few sentences the mission of Tzohar, and why you started the organization. I, together with several rabbinical colleagues from the Religious Zionist
There has been a lot of discussion in the press recently about classified documents turning up in the private homes of several political leaders—in their
A few months ago, I wrote a column about how much I enjoy reading the obituaries section of the daily newspaper and how I’ve learned
The shiva period for our daughter was an intense but comforting experience. It gave us time to reflect on our daughter’s short but meaningful life.
Tova Feldstein was born on July 27, 1987, our second child. Although many of the folks who knew her later in life didn’t realize it,
It was one of those rare teaching moments, and Rabbi Joshua Rosenfeld, director of Judaic studies at the Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy of Connecticut, recognized the
When I first started working at Bottom Line, the publishing company that hired me in 1995, I was given the title of director of alternate
I recently read an interesting article by Alan Zeitlin, “Should Rabbis Fear Robots?” Zeitlin interviewed several rabbis, asking them whether the brand new ChatGPT program
