There are certain phrases, motions and actions that instantly become catchphrases. They may have been non-existent one day, and then the next day everyone seems

Close to 400 attendees joined together for an evening of “transitions” last week at Congregation Rinat Yisrael. The evening served as a tribute to outgoing

Reviewing: “Sefer Nishmat HaBayit: Responsa on Pregnancy, Birth and Family Planning.” Edited by Rabbanit Chana Henkin and Rabbi Yehuda Henkin. Midreshet Nishmat and Maggid Books.

Highlighting “Rabbinic Authority: The Vision and the Reality” By A. Yehuda Warburg. Urim Publications. Hardcover. 2018. ISBN-13: 978-1602803060 “Rabbinic Authority: The Vision and the Reality”

(Courtesy of Artscroll) It was at the Sixth Knessiah Gedolah of Agudath Israel, in Jerusalem, that a historic proclamation was made. The day was 18

Rabbi Sam Frankel, an experienced family therapist, social worker and yeshiva school teacher, puts down a placard that says “Live in the moment” on my

We came across the following headline on one of the many news feeds that we receive each day. In our naive fashion, we always assumed

It took more than half a century to have a professional staging of “Fiddler on the Roof” in New York in Yiddish. In the intervening

(Courtesy of Black Box Studios) The Black Box Performing Arts Center’s popular Rock Musical Theatre Intensive returns for a 10th summer production with Finn, Sheinkin

(Courtesy of Cirque Italia) Did you know Cirque Italia has two traveling shows? For the first time ever, the new Gold Unit is coming to

The mood in this country is increasingly anti-immigrant. This administration has taken a hard line against immigration, to put it mildly. Our law firm has

Part 35 (written 2014) (Continued from previous week) Dedicated in memory of the approximately 12,500 Jews, among them a number of my close relatives, who