Rabbi David Fohrman is the dean of Aleph Beta Academy. He has taught at Johns Hopkins University, and was a lead writer and editor for ArtScroll's Talmud translation project. Aleph Beta creates videos ...

On Sunday, February 1, the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) celebrated its 50 th anniversary at its annual Congressional Breakfast. A week later, on February 8, the Queens Jewish Community ...

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We say it all the time. How are you? “Baruch Hashem.” How was your trip? “Baruch Hashem.” How are the kids? “Baruch Hashem.” Two words so familiar they have become almost automatic, a kind of ...

We often imagine the moment of Matan Torah as a scene of triumph, with thunder, revelation, and a nation rising to meet its destiny. But the Torah gives us a different emotional landscape. The people ...

Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook, in his commentary on the Chumash, points out that Beshalach is a very large parsha with many momentous events in it, but it’s followed by Yitro, a relatively short parsha with ...

Our Gemara on amud beis uses a prooftext from the story of the destruction of Sodom for a halacha regarding the handful of the Mincha offering that is burned on the altar (Vayikra 2:2). The verse ...

There’s a story of two elderly men who had been childhood friends but had not seen each other in many years. One day, they ran into each other on the street, and were delighted to recognize one ...

The word “lesson” gets a bad rep. We associate it with a formal classroom setting, automatically giving many PTSD of homework and school. That goes doubly for the Hebrew equivalent of the word “lesson ...

We break no new ground in noting that antisemitism in New York City has moved beyond a troubling trend requiring urgent action. Jewish New Yorkers face a growing, wildly disproportionate share of all ...

Once we have overcome a negative situation, the hope is that we will grow from the experience, improve for next time and not make the same mistake again. Yalkut Shimoni lists Shirat David as one of ...

Vice President JD Vance created a furor last week when, in his 140-word statement commemorating the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, he mourned “millions of lives lost” and “unspeakable” acts ...