In light of the Parkland school shooting, I have some thoughts about guns. Gun rights are an emotionally fraught issue in normal times and today

State Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-37) is not only Deputy Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, but she is also chairwoman of Homeland Security

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 Avoda Zara

He loves the New York Giants. He sleeps in a Rangers jersey and plays ice hockey on Sunday nights with his buddies. Totally into classic

Part II Mazal tov! David Feder, a beloved friend of Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, had a boy! Since David, who observes

I spent many years studying the period from 539-332 BC.E. This is the period when the Jews were subject to the rule of the kings

This dvar Torah is dedicated l’ilui nishmas my mother, Miriam Mirel bas Shalom, a”h, whose yahrzeit is on the 13th of Adar. It’s hard to

In case you are afraid that the honor and respect conferred upon rabbis goes to their heads, rest assured that rabbis have a built-in “humility

Parshat Ki Tisa This week’s parsha of Ki Tisa relates the story of “ma’aseh ha’egel,” Israel’s sin in worshiping the Golden Calf. Over half of

Teaneck’s new avant garde eatery seeks to reimagine the traditional Pesach seder. Food trends in the kosher world tend to lag about 10 years behind

Each and every year, while couples grouse and complain that they have to go to “yet another annoying annual dinner,” whether it is for their

Witty comebacks aside, the latest in kosher trends gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “I’ll eat my hat.” As clothing manufacturers look to