A recent theme in this column has been ambiguous people and terms. Rabbi Yochanan might be the Tanna or Amora, and chazaka might refer to
There’s a classic parable told of a fellow who empties a bag of feathers into the wind. Just like it’s impossible to retrieve them all,
In our tradition, Malachi was the last prophet. He lived in the early Second Temple period. Here is the first half of the last sentence
How do we help our kids make the choices we want them to make? Choices that are religiously committed, connected to family and community,
This article was recently featured in The Lehrhaus’ Torah u-Madda Symposium. My Personal Connection to Torah u-Madda I was fortunate to grow up in an
(Courtesy of Jew in the City) If you take a look at the majority of TV shows and movies that feature an Orthodox Jew in
The attorneys representing two commissioners on the Clifton Board of Education alleged to have made antisemitic statements have filed a motion to block the director
Teach NJ, part of the Orthodox Union’s national Teach Coalition, held its second annual Virtual Mission to Trenton last week, involving 16 yeshivot and day
For each of the last four years since Rabbi Ozer Glickman, z”l passed away, it seemed every year there was a new monumental event the
For the first time in human rights history, an international mega-corporation has attempted to coerce a licensee into food apartheid. This unprecedented contractual demand has
Reviewing: “Strauss, Spinoza & Sinai: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith.” Edited by Jeffrey Bloom, Alec Goldstein and Gil Student. Kodesh Press. 2022. English.
Highlighting: “By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream” by Dan Grunfeld. Triumph Books. 2021. English. Hardcover.
