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

As parents and teachers, we know that various stressors impact our children’s ability to focus and pay attention, take notes, do homework, study or take

Part 7—Sunday June 4, 1939 (this letter continued from last week) Friday morning the boats were forbidden to come near the St. Louis, and I

A wedding, a bris, a bar mitzvah, oh my! It’s not often people find themselves attending all three events three days in a row. However,