The holiday of Purim brings various images to my mind. I think of the characters in the Purim story, of the classic cartoons we have
Teaneck—Stuart Kaplan, a past president of Teaneck’s Congregation Beth Sholom, is a member of the Executive Committee of the Northern New Jersey Chapter of J
Part three of four articles on Financial Planning for Special Needs Families In the initial article of this series, “If the Patriarchs Were My Clients,”
Teaneck—Many who viewed the 2013 Sinai Schools video Heroes felt the powerful strength of emotion conveyed by the Minchenberg family. With Sinai’s help, a child
Rabbi Chanoch Yeres, director of the Deaf Programming Division of International Young Israel Movement (IYIM), leads a 2013 bar mitzvah for 63 deaf and hard of hearing children.
I grew up in a nominally Orthodox family in a city near Boston. But had things gone as they were going, I would have undoubtedly
In the legendary town of Chelm lived many philosophers and savants. The story is told about one of these ruminators who developed the fear that
Bergenfield—The joy of Purim came a couple of weeks early this year, as crowd favorite Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, mara d’asra, but better known as ‘minister,’
Teaneck—Rabbi Yair Silverman, founder of the Israeli organization Moed, visited Keter Torah and Netivot Shalom last Shabbos. Silverman created Moed seven years ago as an
Eight and a half years have passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and organizations like NCSY are still making relief trips. This past week,
On a recent trip to Vienna, I found myself wandering the streets of the Innere Stadt late at night. I was struck by a certain
The new George Clooney film, The Monuments Men, tells the thrilling story of U.S. military personnel who, during World War II, risked their lives to
