Speaking recently at the Construction and Management Interstate B2B Expo it was clear by the panel’s title, “Open Bias or Overdevelopment?” that our community was

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 Shavuot

It was the first night of Chanukah. The candles were lit, Maoz Tzur had been sung, and everyone was ready to sit down for latkes

It was a very exciting Shabbat in March 2011 when Adina Bar-Shalom, the distinguished daughter of Rav Ovadia Yosef, visited Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic

This parsha includes many interesting words. I thought it would be interesting to discuss some of them. Achu: grass or reed (as food for cattle).

Parshat Miketz-Chanukah The connection between this week’s haftarah and Chanukah is quite obvious. Certainly, the vision of the seven-branched Menorah that closes the selection connects

This dvar Torah is dedicated l’ilui nishmas my mother in law Rebbetzin Ita Singer, Ita bas Pinchas, a”h, who passed away Friday, 20 Kislev, December

On November 9, in Heichal HaTorah, a group of students made a small model graffitied wall, symbolic of the Berlin Wall, which divided West and

I. Whose Oil? Around 150 years ago, a Warsaw rabbi attempted to introduce a new chumra, a stringency regarding Chanukah lights. The reason for rejecting

Every Motzei Shabbos I stand by my seat in shul, carefully folding my Shabbos tallit while saying the tefilla of “V’yiten L’cha.” Often I pause

A baby is born. A flower blossoms. A terminal patient recovers. Israel is a land of miracles, from the world famous to the seemingly mundane.

(Courtesy of TEACH Advocacy Network) Now, more than ever, our children’s schools need security. In today’s climate, we simply can’t afford not to have school