Why do the EU and European countries support efforts by the PLO and other terrorist organizations to create a state in Judea, Samaria and eastern
On November 2, Teaneck will be electing three new members to the Board of Education (BOE). The BOE works together with the community and the
With November 2 rapidly approaching, Englewood’s local Board of Education candidates are gearing up for what will surely be a heated election. But the “Children
In an extraordinary series of observations on this week’s parsha, Ramban (Nachmanides, 1194–1270) delivers harsh criticisms of Abraham and Sarah. The first has to do
Kevod Shabbat What a powerful lesson in kevod Shabbat from Yosef ben Simai! As typical in the Gemara (Shabbat 119a presents other examples), rabbis do
Parshat Lech Lecha As I sit to pen this message a short time after Yom Kippur, I feel the “mystique” of that holy day still
In last week’s column I speculated that a disagreement between Rav Chisda and Rav Yosef (third-generation Amoraim) about dating legal contracts was based on the
Being a parent can be extremely challenging. It places tremendous demands on our time, energy and resources. We are tasked with taking care of our
I don’t like fish. Well, that’s not really true. I enjoy watching fish swimming around and I find them to be fascinating. But that’s while
I am basing this column in large part on the book “Anim Zemiros” (2020) by Rabbi Elchanan Adler, a rosh yeshiva at RIETS. (This book
There has been much focus in the past months on the importance of SEL—social emotional learning—to support our children during this pandemic. Many schools who
The Talmud records an opinion that Moshe Rabbeinu wrote the final words of the Torah in tears (Menachot 30a and Bava Batra 15a). And while
