Last week, there were few who weren’t complaining about the unseasonal weather. It’s too cold, it’s too damp and, as so many repeated, “when is
As an immigration lawyer, recently I have been asked, a lot: “Boy, President Trump must be really great for your business, right?” Actually, no. Without
Since taking office, President Donald Trump has issued several executive orders (EOs) that have affected the country’s immigration policies, and regardless of one’s political leanings,
Jerusalem—At the end of the yeshiva or seminary year in Israel, one often looks back on their experiences and tries to choose a highlight, a
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 Bava
The title of this column alludes to a famous TV show. (For the handful of you who don’t understand it, it is not worth explaining.)
Ashkenazic Jews are accustomed to seeing Sephardic Jews return late on Shabbat and Yom Tov evenings. It is well known that Sephardim read each word
This dvar Torah is dedicated l’iluy nishmas my grandfather, Mr. Sidney Blechner, Shalom ben Mordechai, z”l, upon his 10th yahrtzeit on 11 Sivan. Whether we
As if being the youngest in my family wasn’t enough, my last name didn’t do me any favors. I have a very warm place in
Despite the complex world that children live in today (or maybe because of it), and despite the torrential amount of information they are exposed to
The haftarah that we read from Sefer Zecharya this week is one familiar to us, for it serves as the reading for Shabbat Chanukah as
The whisper. The shul is packed with people, and they are all waiting for that whisper. It will be any minute now. All eyes are
