The Jewish Link’s twice-yearly Literary Link is gearing up for publication in a brand-new, pull-out special section, as part of our November 30th newspaper edition.
On a recent trip to the US from Israel, I ran into a problem. The house my family was renting was situated just half a
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
Bereishit 21:9-21 This was not destined to be a fast trip. If they had gone nonstop, the journey from their home in New Milford to
Part II Very recently, an Ashkenazic woman approached me, recounting what she perceived to be a bizarre incident. She was a guest at a Sephardic
Among the ancient texts found in the Dead Sea region are both biblical and non-biblical texts. In this column, I am going to focus on
This week, Mesivta Ohr Naftali of New Windsor, New York, where I am privileged to serve as general studies principal each afternoon, celebrated a special
Everyone would love to be trained by the best experts, be it in school, college, work or yeshiva. People pay top dollar and even intern
The articles started appearing in 2011 or so. Published in a variety of publications, it was easy to detect a theme: “Facebook Is Making Us
Parshat Vayera The events we read of in this week’s haftarah, a selection from the fourth perek in Melachim Bet, bear a close resemblance to
Rabbi Moshe Schochet, a rebbe at Weinbaum Yeshiva High School, in Boca Raton, Florida, recently raised an interesting question: “What exactly is the role of
In a previous article, we discussed the notion that man is wired to seek the fulfillment of his needs and wants. Freud, in his seminal
