Although pro-Trump voices currently dominate American Orthodox discourse, Jews and rabbis in all segments of American Orthodoxy actively support Vice President Biden … more

Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski zt”l, a renowned Torah scholar, psychologist and the author of some 90 books, was niftar on Sunday in Israel at the age of 90. He had been battling COVID-19, according … more

From time to time, a carton of Ben & Jerry’s lurks in our house. Mostly, one of the teenagers bought it secretly in an hour of need and tucked it away deep in the freezer, somewhere beyond … more

Was Jacob right to take Esau’s blessing in disguise? Was he right to deceive his father and to take from his brother the blessing Isaac sought to give him? Was Rebecca right in conceiving … more

A best-selling book in 2014 was French economist Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” a dense 700-page-long treatise on economic theory backed by massive … more

Aheteronym in the Torah appears in three contexts which have too many parallels to be ignored. The prophetess Miriam (M-R-Y-M) appears on the scene to sing about the splitting of the sea, and then we … more

Six students from Woodmere, Cedarhurst and Lawrence were among 28 college undergraduates participating in the 12th annual Summer Science Research Internship Program operated jointly by Bar-Ilan … more

Israel isn’t moving on. Nor are the Jewish people. Oct. 7 is like July 4: fixed in consciousness. It changed Jews inside and outside of Israel forever. I’m seeing double. So much … more

The unique story of Chari Pere By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of Sept. 19, 2008 This week’s Kosher Bookworm will take on a lighter tone before we progress to the serious aspects of … more

From the other side of the bench By David Seidemann Issue of April 3, 2009 / 9 Nissan 5769 If each book of the five books of Moses was a movie in and of itself, and if Hollywood movie … more