This week’s column once again is devoted to our people’s love and deep devotion to the sanctity of Jerusalem and the celebration of Yom Yerushalayim this coming Saturday night and Sunday, … more

Perhaps no other holiday season in the Jewish calendar is as prayer-intensive as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Each of these holidays has a unique prayer and liturgy to the themes and spiritual … more

The Kosher Bookworm by Alan Jay Gerber Issue of April 8, 2010/ 24 Nissan 5770 It is not everyday that we witness the utter defeat of tyranny. Nevertheless, next week we will commemorate … more

The current issue of Yeshiva University’s Alumni Today begins with the following: “Rabbi Hershel Billet ‘71 YC was a pre-med major on the day he sat in a shiur taught by Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, that changed the course of his life. more

The Haftarot of our lives A review of how our Haftarot are treated, by Dr. Michael Fishbane Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber Issue of August 29, 2008 A few weeks ago The New York Times … more

With the recent publication of volume five of his commentary on the Torah, Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, has completed a landmark work “I … more

It is that time of year, a moment of intense retrospection, of looking inward to pave the way for teshuva, to perform the intense process of repentance from deeds that were of questionable spiritual … more

This week’s column presents the foreword to the new edition of Rabbi Hanoch Teller’s classic, “Heroic Children: Untold Stories of the Unconquerable.” During the Three Weeks, … more

Rabbi Abraham Twersky once stated: “Color is an emotional experience. Techeiles [blue] is the emotional reminder of the bond between ourselves and G-d and how we get closer to G-d with … more

The Handbook of Torah and Mental Health by David H. Rosmarin, PHD, ABPP, and Rabbi Saul Haimoff, PSYD, includes a brief collection of Torah sources to help anyone to face life’s challenges. … more