Bayla Sheva Brenner

HISTORY

A Passion for Rare Sefarim: Q & A With Rabbi Eliezer Katzman

Expert collector Rabbi Eliezer Katzman, a consultant and appraiser of Judaica and Hebrew books for Kestenbaum & Company, has also worked for Sotheby’s, Christie’s and other auction houses. Rabbi Katzman,…

HISTORY

Jewish Genealogy: The Journey to Oneself

My mother’s death brought to life a disturbing realization. Although she will always be the precious woman I call “Mommy,” I never really knew her. During shivah, I spoke about…

FAITH

A Life Unexpected: Frum and Childless

“. . . and the childless one should not say, ‘Look, I am a shriveled tree.’ For this is what Hashem said to the barren ones who observe My Sabbaths…

INSIDE THE OU

NCSY Turns Sixty

Gone are the days of saddle shoes, jukeboxes, love beads and disco. Ultimately, even Facebook will suffer the same fate. Teenagers grow up; rages fade. With one exception. NCSY. Six…

INSIDE THE OU

Marror in December?

OU Kosher Begins Preparations for Passover Well in Advance of the Holiday While the rest of us are playing dreidel and eating latkes, the OU Kosher staff is knee-deep in…

PEOPLE

Conversing with Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein

From Johannesburg Shall Go Forth Torah  South Africa’s first native chief rabbi, who is successfully strengthening Yiddishkeit on the home front, has gone global with a worldwide learning program. Despite…

JEWISH WORLD

From the Ground Up: Growing Torah in the Garden State

A trio of resourceful rabbis discovered the winning recipe to creating a frum community from scratch. They identified regions where Jews were plentiful but Judaism was scarce, and employed the…

JEWISH WORLD

Cherry Hill: In-Town Community with an Out-of-Town Feel

Who says you can’t live the out-of-town life without moving from the New York- metropolitan area? What if you could actually afford your dream home and your children’s tuition and…