Summer is here—time for family, BBQs or, as my neighbors have nicknamed my grilling expertise, Garb-BQs. School is out and most of our kids are

Some of us remember curling up on the living room couch with a pile of library books that would keep our imaginations soaring throughout the

While recent high school grads are enjoying their summer in camp, relaxing or touring, moms and dads are certainly thinking ahead to when in a

Teaneck resident Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath is helping people answer the question, “Vi volt ir es gezogt of Yiddish?” or “How would you say it in Yiddish?”

Barely a year has passed since the Biale Rebbe’s last visit to Passaic and West Orange, but it seems like so much more. Dozens of

My first experience with Elie Wiesel was in the classroom. I was in a Jewish Literature class. We had finished reading Shalom Aleichem and were

Why Open Orthodoxy Is Not Orthodox, By David Rosenthal, forward by Rav Aharon Feldman, Paperback, $12.49: 278 pages, Yad Yosef Publications (June 19, 2016).  

Rabbi Maurice Lamm passed away last week at the age of 86. He was a beloved and respected writer, speaker and leader in the Jewish

May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel Ben Harav Yoel David Balk a”h. Bava Kamma 31 A driver suddenly

Bamidbar: 16:30 The synagogue board meeting was scheduled to begin at 8 o’clock. All the chairs were lined up at the majestic oak table in

The Gemara (Hullin 111b) records a dispute between Rav and Shmuel regarding the following case: Hot fish was placed on a meat plate (a plate

Some scholars have suggested that Hebrew words sometimes have two opposite meanings. I would like to closely examine this claim in the context of Biblical