MAY YOU LIVE TO 120 Rabbi Dr. Ari Z. Zivotofsky’s fascinating article “What’s the Truth About . . . ‘Ad Me’ah Ve’esrim Shanah?’” (summer 2020) on the classic blessing of…
Covid-19 has impacted every area of our lives—the way we pray, the way we think, the way we learn and the way we socialize. What are the lessons we can…
The key to a more blissful life, if such a thing is ever possible, is having lowered [material] expectations; albeit, we should have great expectations spiritually.
Jewish Action: When did you first meet Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm? Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman: Growing up in a Modern Orthodox family I always knew Rabbi Lamm. As I became…
He personified to me yiras Shamayim; nothing came between him and his relationship with the Almighty. His speeches were replete with wisdom and salient messages that resonated and reverberated for…
Keeping Kosher in Shefford; Conversing About Nicotine; Remembering Rabbi Leo Jung
A look back at Jewish life in Boro Park in the mid-twentieth century
"'You’re throwing me out?' she cries in disbelief as she drives off to the third social engagement of the day, a day after we’ve gone into isolation. My daughter can’t…
