Opinion
Imagine that we treated communal prayer the way a football team treats a game.
The room is packed to capacity. The noise is deafening. Working my way past the onlookers near the entrance, I…
“Hi Rabbi, while we’re Orthodox, our cousins belong to the Reform Temple in your neighborhood. They’ll be celebrating their son’s…
The passing of Rav Ovadia Yosef, zt”l, last year marked the end of a remarkable life, brilliant mind and…
(The writer of this piece thinks he should probably have opted to remain anonymous, since he is afraid that his…
I’ve always been skeptical about “love at first sight” stories. Instant attraction is one thing, but I never believed that…
We all know the midrash: Once upon a time, many, many Rosh Hashanahs ago, Hashem looked into the Torah and…
A sad and poignant commentary on the state of society today is the popularity and acclaim of two books regarding…
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, famed defender of the Jewish people, was visiting a town. Approaching the community’s synagogue for…
From the 70s to the 90s, the standard of living for the Jewish middle-to upper-middle class rose significantly.
Memories of a Third-Generation American Assimilated Jew and How She Found Her Way Back to the Land Her Soul Calls…
