Reviewing: “The Yeshiva and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature” by Marina Zilbergerts. Indiana University Press. 2022. Paperback. 184 pages. ISBN-13: 978-0253059437. Conventional wisdom says that
Reviewing: “Between Religion and Reason,” by Dr. Ephraim Chamiel. Academic Studies Press. Part 1: 2020. ISBN-10: 1644690721. Part 2: 2021. ISBN-10: 1644695707. In 2004, several
So I finally got my day in court. Traffic court, to be precise. My day in court was a Tuesday. The ticket I got actually
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Dear Shayna B, My name is Saralah and I’m going into first grade. I’m so scared for all the new beginnings. What if people steal
This month marked the first yahrtzeit of Binyamin Gonsher, z”l, the 14-year-old son of my close friends and Passaic residents Carol and Ronald Gonsher. Eight
More than 3,000 teen campers, staff, alumni and parents on 21 Israel-based NCSY programs and one Yachad summer program celebrated Yom NCSY on July 13,
The last month may have set a record for BDS failures. One aspect of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is literally a war of words. Words are
In the course of blessing the Jewish people, Bilaam uttered words that have come to seem to many to encapsulate Jewish history: How can I
There is a glaring contradiction in our Friday night beit knesset practices. On the one hand, at Arvit, we continue to say the “Bracha Achat
”רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה אוֹמֵר, אִם אֵין תּוֹרָה, אֵין דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ. אִם אֵין דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ, אֵין תּוֹרָה. אִם אֵין חָכְמָה, אֵין יִרְאָה. אִם אֵין יִרְאָה,
On Ketubot 10b, we encounter a small corpus of statements by Rav Chana of Baghdad, רַב חָנָא בַּגְדָּתָאָה. Rashi (Berachot 54b) explains the appellation as
