A day after Israeli, Syrian and Iranian forces were involved in a major military confrontation—that left an Israeli F-16 shot down, along with an Iranian

NJS and Hillel Host Lawmakers at ‘Schools in Session’ Event in Ocean Township (Courtesy of Teach NJS) Teach NJS, a nonpartisan organization advocating for government

In the first lecture of “The Difficult Conversation Series,” Rabbi Elchonon Zohn, founder and president of the National Association of Chevra Kadisha and renowned authority

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 Avoda Zara

Part II We at Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, were privileged to receive a gift of both Rashi and Rabbeinu Tam’s tefillin

Shemot: 25:33 It is said that the word Paramus means “land of the wild turkey” in the Lenape language of the Native Americans of Northern

We are all familiar with the four biblical fast days in Tishrei, Tammuz, Av and Tevet. We are also familiar with the post-Talmudic fast of

Parshat Teruma This week’s haftarah selection comes from the fifth and sixth chapters of Sefer Melachim I, and Chazal’s choice of haftarah requires little explanation.

Someone once noted that it’s not easy being the child of a therapist. Everything that happens in the child’s life is psychoanalyzed—why did you do

We live in a funny world, where contradictions live side-by-side and most of the time we hardly take notice. Our generation towers over others in

By the middle of first grade, you can see two students sitting cross-legged across from one another in our classrooms, giggling as they read a

Part II While most of us are quite familiar with the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal in 1492, many of us are