A Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg

Two thousand people, with their curiosity piqued, filled the grand auditorium. The debaters, dressed in tuxedos, wing collars, bat ties and “with yarmulkes on their…

Irrespective of their different life stories and circumstances—one truth emerges: rebbetzinhood entails a certain amount of mesirut nefesh, self-sacrifice. And yet these idealistic, high-energy and…

Rebbetzin. A relatively modern word but a fairly ancient role.

Especially now, in the yom tov season—with sweet challah and apple kugels and honeyed desserts—if you’re not paying attention, carb counts can climb.

By Norene Gilletz The upcoming High Holidays provide many opportunities to entertain guests at your yom tov table. Whether it’s just a cup of tea…

By Michelle Friedman and Rachel Yehuda Routledge Publishing New York, 2016 226 pages Reviewed by Neal Turk A significant portion of a pulpit rabbi’s time…

The Torah shines particularly brightly in Agnon’s Buczacz stories, perhaps because of its lowly exilic surroundings, or perhaps because it is rooted in so many…

While the congregant spoke about the difficulty in finding meaning in a child’s death, a visitor sitting on an aisle seat in the men’s section…

Children of Divorce Your article on the effects of divorce on children was informative [“The Scars of Divorce” by Tzippora Price, spring 2017]. I am…

How do we know whether or not our relationship with God is advancing? How do we determine whether our efforts to intensify spirituality on a…