
My Purim at the Prison
As I was driving back from visiting the Jewish inmates at the Bergen County Jail, a quote by King Solomon came to mind. “It is
As I was driving back from visiting the Jewish inmates at the Bergen County Jail, a quote by King Solomon came to mind. “It is
Oh no! Another year and COVID isn’t over yet? OMG, how are we going to survive and make the Seder fun with COVID still here
Just two weeks ago was the one of a kind annual Jerusalem—and it was Team HASC’s most successful showing yet. Almost 300 runners came from
(Courtesy of Black Box Studios) Back for another year and with a new take on the Great Depression, the Ma’ayanot Drama Society, in partnership with
You would be hard pressed to find a family lawyer in the State of New Jersey who is opposed to mediation. Over the past decade,
Part 2 (continued from last week) I include here a picture of Chazan Frankel during candle lighting on Chanukah. It reminds me of my youth,
Dear Mordechai, My boys killed my couches. What should I do? Should I replace them? Yes, definitely. Maybe replace them with girls. They don’t ruin
Most synagogues have a rabbi but only some have an official, full-time chazzan. Those that do often struggle with clearly defining congregational expectations regarding the
Part III Haglah (2:6): exiled, caused to go away, from the root G-L-H. This root has two different meanings: “uncover/reveal” and “go away/emigrate.” An interesting
May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h, and Chaya Meira Nechama Beracha, a”h,
As a “psychoanalyst/relationship therapist,” I have dedicated this series to discovering the transformative strategies found in the Torah and designed by Hakadosh Baruch Hu. In
Hands down this is my favorite Sephardic Purim practice. But first a little background. As is well known, the Rama (Orach Chaim 690:17) records that