MISCONCEPTION: Upon leaving Egypt, the Jews crossed the Yam Suf, which is translated as the Red Sea. This translation, however, is an error. Red Sea…
Spring 2010 (5770)
Kid-Friendly Passover Dishes That Are Too Good To Pass-Over!
In Be’er Sheva, one can walk in the footsteps of our forefather Avraham. Photos: www.sassontiram.com Although the Bible can be studied anywhere, only in Israel…
Hundreds of friends and supporters of the Orthodox Union (OU) attended the OU’s 111th Annual Dinner and Awards Presentation held at the Hudson Theater and…
Why do so many students leave yeshivah without fluency in Hebrew, Nach, or Mishnah? Rabbi Berel Wein makes a passionate case for rethinking how we…
The Eye of the Storm: A Calm View of Raging Issues By Rabbi Aharon Feldman Yad Yosef Publications Jerusalem, 2009 244 pages Few contemporary roshei…
We are all familiar with the Chazal that tells of the angel who touches each child on the lip just prior to birth, causing him…
Back in the 60s when I attended yeshivah, the challenges facing Jewish education were formidable. The students tended to be first generation Americans; the rebbeim…
Several months ago I had the pleasure of meeting a wonderful individual: Rabbi Yitzchok Frankfurter, executive vice president and Torah editor of the Jewish weekly…
The past few decades have witnessed the rapid growth of Yeshivot that adhere to what is known as “The Zilberman Model” in the world of…
Straddling Worlds I commend Jewish Action for taking the initiative to highlight individuals who represent an ideal of Kiddush Hashem that is hard to find…
