At a recent bar mitzvah celebration at a West Coast Sephardic congregation, a well-meaning and beloved visiting Ashkenazic rabbi began to lead the community in
No, this is not an article about Ashrei. (I have written about that before.) I am now going to write about nuns that are root
For a period during my youth, my parents arranged for my sister Ahuva and me to take ice-skating lessons. What I remember the most is
Parshat Vayishlach “Will the real Ovadya please stand up?” The author of Sefer Ovadya, and therefore today’s haftarah, is, as the Radak points out, a
Buried deep within the pages of the popular Pirkei Avot, Ethics of the Fathers, that is frequently studied by thousands of Jews, is a short
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In Parshas Vayishlach, we have the greatest wrestling match of all time: Yaakov Avinu vs. the angel of Esav. It’s worth noting the word used
There has been a lot of hype lately surrounding the movie “Wonder,” based on the novel of the same name by R.J. Palacio. Just for
This is the first of a series of seven columns that will discuss how events in ancient Egyptian history may have intertwined with the Exodus
Everyone talks about the differences between the way things are today and the way they used to be. Probably the most frequent discussions surround technology
Reviewing: “Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen: Between War and Peace,” by Yechiel Frish and Yedidya HaCohen, translated by Dr. Irene Lancaster. Urim Publications. 334 pages. 2017.
Reviewing: “Kesser Dovid: The Halachic Guide to Dentistry,” by Rabbi Dr. David Katz. Feldheim, 2018; 496 pages. ISBN 978-1-68025-329-0. For the past seven years, while
