By Steven Pruzansky Amid all the discussions about Modern Orthodoxy, its past, present and future, it is perhaps helpful to look at two different paradigms into which Modern Orthodoxy currently divides itself: one positive,...
Having been a rabbi at shuls with non-observant Presidents, I know first-hand the night-and-day difference behind the scenes when the Shul President is Torah-observant.
Imagine the scene, Moshe, the long-lost son of Amram works his way to the makeshift stage. He hasn’t been seen in over sixty years and rumor has it, he has a message from God. All of the Jewish People are gathered, eager to hear what he has to say.
by Bracha Poliakoff Since at least the time of Sara Schenirer, there have always been Torah-observant girls and women of all stages of life who struggle to feel connected to their Yiddishkeit, their community...
In my view, space exploration is Torah. There’s no disconnection between the two disciplines. In fact, Torah and the world around it — including worlds outside our own planet — operate in complete symbiosis.
Michael J. Broyde We’re not lacking in opinions about the New York State Education Departments’ new regulations concerning private schools and yeshivas. To move to the practical requires some horse-sense about likely outcomes. What...
By Elon Gilad Roughly one in six Israeli Jewish men aged 20-24 is a full-time student at a Jewish academy or yeshiva. In fact, more Israeli men are studying in yeshivas and kollels (Jewish...
By Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky While I do not live in Beit Shemesh, I am privileged to have over one hundred twenty alumni families who have studied with us at Shapell’s and Midreshet Rachel over...
As we promised, here is a different POV on the electoral upset in the Beit Shemesh mayoral race, a rebuttal to the earlier letter. by Yoni Samber My story has some similarities to David...
Every 5 years, the residents of a city have the choice to decide in which direction they want the city to head by voting for a mayor and a local political party. What is important to you influences you decision when you go to the polls.
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