This coming Wednesday, Feb. 4, we celebrate Tu B’Shvat, the beginning of spring on the Jewish calendar. The very thought of spring, especially given recent climatic events, is a bit of a … more

Recently, a new book was published with a curious title, “The People In Between,” by Robert Marx of Chicago’s Jewish Council on Urban Affairs. This interesting work, brought to … more

In this week's Torah portion, we read about about G-d's instruction to Moshe to have the soon-to-be-freed Jews ask of their taskmasters, "Please, speak into the ears of the People, and let them … more

The Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst last Shabbat hosted one of America’s leading interpreters of the Bible text and commentaries, Rabbi Hayyim Angel, who presented to over 700 … more

Shock and tragedy. Those are the first two of so many words that follow when looking back at the murder of four rabbis on the 25th day of Cheshvan 5775: Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, Rabbi … more

With Jerusalem at the center of events affecting the safety of our people in the Holy Land, with the centrality of the sacredness of the city itself being the focus of questionable attention, it … more

Last month witnessed a steep uptick in the number and frequency of terrorist incidents in both Jerusalem and the country at large. These acts of terror are true to their title, terror, in terms … more

Learning by example and anecdote is a surefire way to get a lesson’s message through. In his just-completed series of commentary on the Chumash, “Unlocking The Torah Text: An … more

The very words, Chillul Hashem (the defamation of G-d’s name), should make every observant Jew cringe by its very sound and meaning. Much grief has been experienced by our people because of … more

One of the greatest personal and political legacies in American history is certainly that of Abraham Lincoln. This is not the result of his image on the penny or the five dollar bill, nor from … more