The last month of the Jewish calendar is actually the most important – serving as preparation for the High Holidays If you had an important court...
The Jewish calendar is full of notations, red letter days that are meant to be both particular reminders as well as part of a uniform one:...
Rabbeinu Nissim z”l (14th century; Barcelona, Spain) writes that, unlike other nations, the Jews have a dual judicial system. Every nation has laws, whose purpose is...
The parsha opens with the words, “Judges and officers shall you appoint for yourselves in all of your gates.” (Deut. 16:17) There are many levels on which we...
Maurice Kaye was an inspiration in Bournemouth, England, for many decades Maurice Kaye, an inspiration to the Jewish community of Bournemouth, England, for decades, whose marriage...
Young students encourage elderly museum volunteers to don tefillin They sit there day in and day out. Holocaust survivors volunteering at the United States Holocaust Memorial...
The Latrun Tank Museum on the outskirts of Jerusalem rocked with live musical performances, American barbeque and greetings from distinguished guests recently at the Orthodox Union’s...
Since the dawn of human history, mankind has faced, in one guise or another, the same temptations that confronted the very first man and woman, Adam...
In this weeks’s parsha it states, “You shall seek out His presence and you shall come there..” (Deut. 12:5) There appears to be a discrepancy in the passage....
On Sunday, July 29th, hundreds of members of the Syrian Jewish community along with countless others gathered in Deal, New Jersey to pay their last respects...
And now, O Israel, what does God, your God, demand of you? Only to fear God, your God, to walk in all His ways and to...
As a parent, grandparent, and psychologist, I am often considered to be something of an expert on parenting and child-rearing. In that capacity, I have frequently...
Polish-born Dominik Zakrzewski was working at a synagogue as the senior rabbi’s assistant and preparing to convert to Judaism when he reached out to the managers...
The Rabbinical Alliance of America — Igud HaRabbonim, with a membership of over 950 Orthodox Rabbis — supports the passage of the Nation-State bill under consideration...
I was very fortunate as a young boy, and in one particular way I knew it. Very few of my friends had living grandparents. Their families...
This weeks parsha is one of the richest, for within it are to be found the pillars of our Judaism – the Ten Commandments, Shema Yisrael, the Art of...
