The Story Behind Trump’s ‘Shabbat 250’ Proclamation
As America Marks 250 Years, a Historic Recognition of Shabbos Highlights Religious Liberty and Jewish Unity This Friday night, across Queens,...
Stories From The Bomb Shelter
We all love a good story, so let me jump right in with a few that should put a smile on your face. These all took place in various bomb shelters (“miklatim”)...
The Best Things Come In Small Packages
Early in the 2000s, nanotechnology became the darling of Wall Street, and very understandably so. Nano was a breakthrough, a new technology that...
Double Standard
It was not too long ago that CUNY Law School was the outlier when it came to anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric by its students. Unfortunately, it is...
Style & Living
Together Until The End
The one-minute siren wailed loud and clear at the start of Yom HaZikaron. However, this year’s siren came with a sobering clarification: In the...
Between Birth And Battle
Our son and daughter-in-law welcomed a beautiful baby boy into the family the week before Pesach. Mazal Tov! We were thrilled to be blessed with a...
Torah
Going Nowhere, Reaching Everywhere
In Parshas Bamidbar, we are introduced to life in the desert. It’s not exciting. It’s not glamorous. It’s not exotic travel. It’s the same cloud,...
A Surreal Meeting In Ohio
In 1970, Rabbi Dr. Ivan Lerner was recruited to become the first director of NCSY’s Central East Region. The region’s borders stretched east to...
The Altneu Shul And The Debt That Can Never Be Paid
If someone hits his neighbor, causing him to lose an eye, he is “owed” an eye. The Torah seems to suggest that the consequence for the attacker or...
