Justin Brasch is a Democratic candidate for reelection to White Plains’ Common Council in Westchester’s local elections, which begin with early voting October 23-31, leading
(The original dvar Torah, with footnotes, can be found at www.rabbisacks.org.) “Take your son, your only son, the one you love—Isaac—and go to the land
A TABC graduate asked for clarification regarding drinking milk in Israel. The following is my response: A Two-Tiered Kashrut System Israeli kashrut functions on a
Parshat Vayeira When studying this week’s haftarah over the past years, we have discussed the parallels between the stories included in the parsha itself and
If ignorance is bliss, illiteracy can be beneficial. It was the final Friday of the past summer’s camping season. I was in our bungalow in
Must we be consistent in our religious practices? May we pick and choose for convenience, so long as it has been endorsed by some religious
How was Avraham able to do it? No matter how many times we read the famous story of Akeidat Yitzchak, the question continues to leap
1. Our topic is the word פלא and its derivatives such as נפלא. As one scholar has written, this root usually describes “extraordinary phenomena, transcending
(Courtesy of Seeach Sod) Since 2013, the Shabbos Project, known by its slogan #Keeping it together, has grown from a local experiment in South Africa
(Courtesy of Darkaynu) Twenty teens and young adults arrived this week from the US, Canada and England to participate in the Elaine and Norm Brodsky
The abortion debate in America can often leave observant Jews feeling like outsiders. The two sides, often dubbed “pro-life” and “pro-choice,” don’t quite fit into
This past week our freshmen went on their annual hike. Our freshman hike is an integral team-building activity that contributes to the unification of the
