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 Sanhedrin 91.
Editor’s note: We welcome back our much-missed Maggid of Bergenfield and look forward to journeying along with and enjoying his stories through the parshiot for
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The confluence of Rosh Chodesh and Shabbat this week obligates us to read a special haftarah, a selection that connects to the day and not
The enterprise of education across the country is facing a challenge unlike any other it has faced before. The world is changing at such a
In this, the 15th year of SAR High School, I have found myself asking: if I were charged with opening a new school today, what
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All day schools have as their goal to produce proud literate Zionist Jews, and good American citizens. How one defines these categories and measures these
Part IV The sheer volume of books, articles, periodicals and information produced each day about events in Israel and the Middle East makes the quest
