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As we mark the 3rd of Cheshvan, the day Rabbi Ovadia Yosef passed away, Jews worldwide will be remembering his outstanding scholarship, leadership,...
Being back in synagogue after roller coasting through one news cycle to the next and one tragedy to the other, one thing is clear: our previous belief...
Texas’s brutal new anti-abortion laws and bounties on those who help facilitate them are a reminder of why Orthodox alliances with Christian groups...
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” (Ernest Hemingway) These...
Repeated news reports about conflicts between Egypt and Ethiopia over who gets how much of the Nile River water, or between Turkey and Syria, over who...
Simchat Torah is the only holiday in the Jewish calendar that is not mandated in the Bible or by the rabbis. It is a holiday that is entirely...
The Shabbat before Pesach is known as “Shabbat Hagadol—the great Shabbat.” What makes this Shabbat so great? The standard explanation is that of...
“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this — you haven’t.” — Thomas Edison. The times we get to take part in...
It was the beginning of the school year of 2020-2021. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, whose talks I loved, started a large WhatsApp/ digital chat group sending...
Just six days after the saddest day in the Jewish calendar — the 9th of Av, Tisha Be’ Av — comes the happiest day in our calendar. The rabbis...
News about Jacob Steinmetz’s selection to become the first orthodox Jew to play Major League Baseball as he was drafted to the Arizona Diamondbacks...
“Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life,...
Nothing prepares you to comfort a parent that lost their child. I have gone to rabbinical school, taken classes on pastoral counseling, and majored in...
One of the least known yet most important details related to the Titanic ship sinking in April of 1912 is the Maseba ship’s warnings. On the morning...
It was my first time visiting Cambridge, Massachusetts, home to the prestigious Harvard University. It was during a winter afternoon, which meant the...
It takes time for new administrations to implement their new policies, especially in non-partisan institutions. Yet within less than 24 hours of being...
To the 8th Grade of once in a lifetime—congratulations! You made it, and we could not be prouder of you. As teachers, our primary job is to prepare...
The recent brutal assaults on Diaspora Jews, on social media, and in-person should open everyone’s eyes to the danger of hollow conversions to...
History will forever remember this week. While the equation for Israel vs. Hamas may have not changed greatly, things have changed forever for Jews...
“Perhaps it’s philosophy that best explains why savoring responsibility leads to fulfillment. The model of happiness perpetuated by the cultural...
The 28th of Iyar will be forever celebrated for what had happened on that day, in 1967. The day Jerusalem was reunified during the Six-Day War is...
Three thousand four hundred years ago, in the year 1412 BCE, we received the Torah and its commandments at Sinai (the year 2,448 in the Hebrew...
It is hard not to be moved when hearing the story of Heidi Bean, who was auditioning for the New England Orchestra in 2012. After her long awaiting...
“The buck stops here,” read the sign on the desk of United States President Truman, emphasizing his willingness to take responsibility for any...
Driving up route 98 on the eastern tip of Israel’s Golan Heights is one of the most beautiful and relaxing rides one can take. The cows grazing...
No event in Jewish history is as personal—and as universal—like the Holocaust. Thanks to countless people’s efforts, the universal lessons of...
Natan Sharansky has shown the world the power of faith and persistence. He sat countless days in solitary confinement, suffered in the communist...
The great French Renaissance writer Antoine De Rivarol wrote: “Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.” Other writers have compared...
Walking through the streets of the old Jewish Quarter in Barcelona, I had felt like time froze. Alleyways, streets, town squares, and the port stood...
Nothing is more central to Jewish identity as much as the Exodus from Egypt. Every Shabbat, Holiday—and even every day—we mention the exodus from...
When I met my grandfather’s cousin Leiba Schlossberg-Herskowitz at my Bar Mitzvahs and other family Simchas, I will confess, she did not seem all...
In the 1980s and ’90s, it was common for television and radio stations to broadcast the time between 9PM and 11 PM, followed by asking parents if...
Amid the pandemic and our exhaustingly fast new cycle, many have missed what is very big news: the state of New York has legalized gestational...
While still a teenager, I came to study in yeshiva in New York, as my family lived in Israel. Being without family during the most family-oriented...
Fascinatingly, the first mitzvah, the Jewish people have received as a people is the Mitzvah of the Jewish calendar. “The Lord spoke to Moses and to...
Recently I had the opportunity to raise awareness on behalf of women whose husbands refused to give them a Get — a Jewish divorce. Such a refusal...
While the first of the month of Nissan may seem like the official kickoff for the Passover season, preparations begin even earlier. The Shabbat before...
If there is one paradise in the world in which the beauty of the Lithuanian Yeshiva and Hasidic worlds synthesize and coalesce with intoxicating joy,...
The fast of Esther is the most anticlimactic part of the Jewish calendar. Even as we prepare our Mishloach Manot bags, finalize our costume decisions,...
One of the nicest people I have ever met was Mr. Norbert Schloss, whom I met in the home of Rabbi Benjamin Yudin in Fairlawn, New Jersey. Mr. Schloss...
Few things are as universally resented as taxes. Looking across spans of history and geography, humans all share a strong dislike for taxes. And yet,...
Dear Hon. Secretary Blinken, First, congratulations on taking the position of the Secretary of State of the United States of America. Few things...
Arriving in a new yeshiva in Queens as a young student, I remember asking an older student: how is Tu Bishvat observed here, if at all? “We believe...
The great writer Aaron Sorkin wrote: “decisions are made by those who show up.” Sadly, if there’s anything the American Orthodox community has...
Now that Israel is going for elections, will an Israeli party running for Knesset entirely dedicated to helping Jews in the Diaspora get 5-6 seats in...
The 10th of the month of Tevet has been a day of fasting for Jews for more than 2,500 years. The mention of the tragedy of this day goes farther back...
If Jewish children knew how the adults in their lives behaved this past week, they would be terrified to the extent that they would not sleep at...
As a rabbi, it is hard for me to accept the notion of Hanukkah gifts. There is far more evidence that the custom of Hanukkah gift-giving comes from...
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