My youngest son, Judah, graduated from high school last night. It felt momentous not just because he was my golden boy baby who turned into

Learn the words in Hebrew to figure out the joke below: Tied – קָשׁוּר String – חוּט Around – סָבִיב Your finger – אֶצְבָּעֲךָ She

On Tuesday June 25, Westchester County Executive George Latimer defeated incumbent Congressman Jamaal Bowman by double digits in the democratic primary for New York’s 16th

After a total of nine hours of impassioned debate in virtual state senate hearings on two bills, including one that would adopt the International Holocaust

I’ve had lots of time to contemplate the world situation. Coughing away with a diagnosis of pneumonia, I’ve been reading, watching and listening to more

Cong. Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck has assembled a spreadsheet with over 100 chesed opportunities for those traveling to Israel who want to help out the

Graduation day generates tears and cheers for teachers. On the one hand, teachers celebrate their students’ completion of academic requirements. On the other hand, teachers

Sarah and I started off woefully unprepared to deal with the Israeli cultural phenomenon known as aruhat eser (the 10 a.m. meal). After all, we

As Jews, we love to complain about food. Just go to any shul kiddush, or Jewish wedding or Facebook post on Great Kosher Restaurants Foodies.

We are all familiar with the midrash of the old man planting a fig tree. Even though it was unlikely that the man would get

Two recent developments indicate that Congregation B’nai Israel of Manalapan is positioning itself quite well for significant growth in the next few years. On Sunday

When I was 12 years old, like most of the young boys in our Orthodox community, I began practicing leining my parsha for my bar