(Courtesy of Tikvah Lake) With overdoses, substance abuse and many forms of addiction making national news, the Jewish community has not been spared from those

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Editor’s note: Rabbi Glick responds to the following article, published last week.  Yasher koach! I can’t give you approval any more than I could give

In 1985, Sudan was wracked by civil war. Millions died and millions more were displaced, fleeing for their lives to refugee camps in Ethiopia, Kenya

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Rav Yerucham Levovitz would often say Sefer Bereishis is not just a book of stories; it’s an instruction manual on how to live life—a Torah