A nonpartisan group at CUNY (City University of New York) of students, faculty and staff dedicated to fighting bigotry, antisemitism and anti-Zionism, has charged the
(Courtesy of Ohr Torah Stone) In a call to action to Jewish communal leaders, educators and parents, President and Rosh Yeshiva of Ohr Torah Stone
With less than two weeks to Passover, the arduous task of getting our homes and apartments ready for Pesach is underway. Our search for chametz
Diminishing pre-Pesach stress begins with knowledge of this basic principle: The Halochos of eating chometz are very stringent, but the Halochos of OWNING chometz are
On Saturdays, my mother religiously attended the beauty parlor. Until the day my father, who had begun to study with the rabbi of the local
An integral part of rabbinic education is called “shimush”—on-the-job practical training. Typically, a junior rabbi will follow a senior rabbi around for a few years,
Allow me to share with you a failure of mine that had a profound impact upon me as both a teacher, parent and grandparent. At
“The Advantage of Hebrew over other languages is that it is the natural garment of Judaism, in which it was born, was raised, and matured.”
Exactly what is chinuch? The word—in its various forms—is generally translated as having something to do with training, inauguration and, of course, education—specifically, as commonly
The purpose of this article is to point to variations in the name of the 54 parshiyot. In the past few centuries, the names have
The Biden administration believes that the best way to de-escalate tensions between Israel and the Palestinians is by allowing the Palestinian Authority (PA) to recruit
וְשָׁחַט אֶת־בֶּן הַבָּקָר לִפְנֵי ה’ וְהִקְרִיבוּ בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת־הַדָּם וְזָרְקוּ אֶת־הַדָּם עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִיב אֲשֶׁר־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד׃ “And he should shecht the bull offering before
