Now that Tisha B’Av is over, we can finally do all the things that we couldn’t do for the past few weeks. We can go

When a congregant is sitting in synagogue and listening to the announcements, there is one particular sentence that brings with it supreme dread and utter

There was a palpable hush in the audience as the venerated rosh yeshiva of Ponevezh, HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, shlita, slowly made his way into

Dear Raanan, It’s really hard to believe that it’s been almost three years since you came into our lives and that your army service has

Following a provocative and very successful awareness event a few weeks ago, there has been a meaningful uptick in discussion and interest in substance-use disorders

I am a resident of Edison/Highland Park. I was sent the following story by my daughter, an IDF lone soldier combat medic serving north of

I thought Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, always follows Rav Ovadia Yosef. If so, then why on Tisha B’Av at Shacharit do

Last week, together with three colleagues at the Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School, I joined a cohort of some 40 educators at a unique Teacher

Around Tisha B’Av, every year we hear how the Temple was destroyed because of sinat chinam, “baseless hatred,” and how we need to eliminate this

(Courtesy of Yeshiva University) As the Jewish calendar passes through the summer months, Tisha B’Av looms before us, the culmination of the period known as

The movie “Schindler’s List,” on the 25th anniversary of its release, will be shown at 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 22, as the Jewish Center

(Courtesy of Jerusalem U) Following the international launch of the film “When The Smoke Clears: A Story of Brotherhood, Resilience and Hope” on Israel’s Memorial