It wasn’t easy to start working here. I should clarify that statement. It wasn’t easy to start working at The Jewish Link as a summer

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During the glorious Shabbat Nachamu 5777, when Rav Shlomo Amar joined us at Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, I had the opportunity

Last month, I shared a life-changing experience: our trip to Poland. We walked in the footsteps of our parents, relatives and others who survived or

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This past week, I drove my car to the mechanic and a friend followed me so he could drive me back home. On my way,

Parshat Re’eh centers on the connection between relationship and command. Bnei Yisrael are instructed in many of the practical mitzvot that they will be expected

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Part 9 (continued from last week) One day, Father returned home from work very tired but you could sense from the spark in his eyes

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On Monday, June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari and consolidated the 4th and 9th Circuit Courts of Appeals cases that prohibited the enforcement