Part 39 (written 2014) (Continued from previous week) Thursday was going to be an eventful day. While the group paid a visit to the Jewish
Reviewing “Tzvi Tifarah: Biurim V’haarot L’piyut Anim Zemirot” (Hebrew) by Rabbi Elchanan Adler. Self-published, 2018. It’s said that familiarity breeds contempt. While many people may
Free speech. The right to express oneself under American jurisprudence is one of the most misunderstood principles in constitutional law. The First Amendment guarantees the
As someone who’s been a student, a parent and a teacher, I think we should do something to change these school-supplies lists. The school sends
One of the most chaotic activities in Judaism is the synagogue kiddush. In theory, a kiddush is simply supposed to be social snack-time to reward
I recently joined Kids of Courage on their annual summer trip. What an adventure it was! Spending eight days with 350 people who are as
“Beloved teacher with AML [Acute Myeloid Leukemia] is desperately searching for a bone marrow donor to save her life.” Even though I was sitting down,
Many bar and bat mitzvah students find a meaningful way to mark their simcha with a chesed project, but Gavriel Friedbauer’s unique project is fine-tuned
“For some 2,000 years the Temple Mount was forbidden to the Jews. Until you came—you, the paratroopers—and returned it to the bosom of the nation.
“Israel has a right to self-defense in the face of indiscriminate violence and vicious attacks against civilian populations,” said New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez. “It
May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h. This week we learned Menachot 2.
Chazal teach us that certain times in the year contain echoes of events that occurred at those times in previous years. Essentially, we move through
