One of the most chaotic activities in Judaism is the synagogue kiddush. In theory, a kiddush is simply supposed to be social snack-time to reward
I recently joined Kids of Courage on their annual summer trip. What an adventure it was! Spending eight days with 350 people who are as
“Beloved teacher with AML [Acute Myeloid Leukemia] is desperately searching for a bone marrow donor to save her life.” Even though I was sitting down,
Many bar and bat mitzvah students find a meaningful way to mark their simcha with a chesed project, but Gavriel Friedbauer’s unique project is fine-tuned
“For some 2,000 years the Temple Mount was forbidden to the Jews. Until you came—you, the paratroopers—and returned it to the bosom of the nation.
“Israel has a right to self-defense in the face of indiscriminate violence and vicious attacks against civilian populations,” said New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez. “It
May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h. This week we learned Menachot 2.
Chazal teach us that certain times in the year contain echoes of events that occurred at those times in previous years. Essentially, we move through
Ashkenazic Pronunciation of Shem Hashem You may have witnessed the following: An Ashkenazic Jew attending a Sephardic synagogue receives an aliyah. Wishing to respect the
I wrote about this topic before, but in revising my article for my forthcoming book I came across a scholarly article that made me change
On a recent Sunday afternoon I attended three weddings. Thankfully, they were all within a half hour of each other. Each was special and wonderful,
Parshat Shoftim This week’s haftarah, the fourth in the series of Yeshayahu’s prophecies of consolation (although, this year, due to Rosh Chodesh last Shabbat, we
