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

Have you ever dreamed of making a Siyum HaShas every year? Would you want a broader background of the Gemora and the complex sugyas you’re

Bergenfield – Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik is coming to Bergenfield on February 21-22, 2014, as the Scholar-in-Residence at Congregation Beth Abraham (396 New Bridge

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Teaneck — The decision by Bronx-based SAR High School’s rabbinic leadership to allow girls to wear tefillin (phylacteries) in school has led to significant discussion

From time to time, Rabbi Ethan Katz goes to work in sloppy clothes. He pulls on his “seriously stained” casual pants and shirts, and his

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CNS—Vatican City—Pope Francis asked leaders of the American Jewish Committee to pray for his May trip to Jerusalem, “so that this pilgrimage may bring forth

Moody’s, the bond rating agency, has downgraded Yeshiva University’s debt to junk, and says it may drop the grade even further.  The downgrade took place