In honor of my younger son Hillel’s bar mitzvah, we explored a topic that Hillel is quite passionate about: the great debate concerning opening containers
Parshat Shoftim Our early chachamim positioned the haftarah of Parshat Shoftim, which is taken from the 51st and 52nd chapters of Sefer Yishayahu, to follow
In Sukkah 38-39, Rava (b. Yosef b. Chama, a fourth-generation Babylonian Amora, 280-352 CE) rules that when reciting Hallel, one must say the full phrase
The Mishnah Berurah (R. Yisrael Meir Kagan, d. 1933) records its recital at the end of every morning and evening prayer in the High Holiday
Reviewing: “The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust” Shmuel Spector and Geoffrey Wigoder, Editors. New York University Press. 2001. English. 1824 pages.
(Courtesy of The Book Meshuggenahs) For the first time, schools and families across the country can order Jewish books in a virtual book fair launched
Reviewing: “A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg” by Nathaniel Deutsch and Michael Casper. Yale University Press. 2021. English.
Reviewing: ‘Holding it Together: Surviving Caregiving and Loss’ by Joan Zlotnick. Tfutza Publications. 2021. English. ISBN-13: 978-1600918018. Joan Zlotnick never imagined that after her retirement from
Editor’s Note: The following is a letter of appreciation from grateful Camp Simcha parents. To the most amazing and dedicated Camp Simcha staff, I do
(Courtesy of Special in Uniform) Miriam Peretz lost one son fighting in Lebanon and a second son in the Gaza clashes. Several months later, her
The Biden administration is pursuing the elusive and failed two-state solution, ostensibly to solve the Israeli/Palestinian Arab conflict. Secretary of State Antony Blinken “emphasized the
One place I always wanted to take a look at was the ancient Karaite cemetery in the Old City of Hebron (yes, I’m writing about
