After ten years of working professionally in the nonprofit sector, I decided to take a short sabbatical to refocus and align my daily activities with

In a 2012 article I relayed what I described as “a real life midrash”: Early in my career, I worked at the Memphis Jewish Federation.

I feel like the odd man out this week. But don’t feel sorry for me, I often feel like the odd man out. On four

What Is BDS? With thanks to my friend Joe Hyams, CEO of “HonestReporting,” for his guidance, the following is a primer on the “Boycott, Divestment

The Teaneck Council Election is on May 13, and while it may be hard to believe, that is less than a week away, so JLBC

My husband isn’t a sports fan, so I was surprised when he started talking basketball. He was the first person to tell me about Los

When I was a student in Yeshiva College during the Middle Bronze Age, the university’s watchword Torah u-Madda was generally understood as the study of

There was a great deal of religious ambivalence about Zionism in its early years. On one hand, the return to the Land of Israel had

Every year I ask my class on “Wealth and Poverty” to play a simple game. I have them split up into pairs and imagine I’m

Fair Lawn—On March 23, Yeshiva University and RIETS will be celebrating their Chag  HaSemicha celebration which takes place every four years. I will have the

One has to understand to believe either way. The report released jointly by the Royal Society in the U.K. and the U.S. National Academy of

With kosher and halal food an increasingly common feature of the British high street, a top vet has called for reform of their slaughter practices, calling them