During the last couple of weeks, our three-and-a-half year old son, Dovid, wakes up every morning and asks if it’s Shabbos Kodesh. I wish I could say that he’s so drawn to the sanctity of the day, that he can’t stop asking about it. But the truth is, that it’s because on Shabbos morning he gets to
Rabbi Yitzchak Zilber zt’l was a legendary leader of Russian Jewry for over three decades. He remained resolutely firm in his faith and practiced
It was an experience I hope no one ever has. It was a Motzei Shabbat at the end of October in 2004. We were living in the Blueberry Hill Apartments
Another great camping season has begun. Yesterday, the busses pulled into camp, and smiling campers lugging soda, water, and hockey sticks jumped off
Earlier this week someone forwarded me a touchingly beautiful and masterfully produced video, entitled “Letting Go.” Narrated by Rabbi Yoel Gold, it
When I was a student in Fordham University pursuing my Masters in Social Work, one of my professors recounted an experience he had witnessed one year
The first time I heard one of my students exclaim “he's a sick athlete”, I felt terrible. How sad that such a vibrant and adroit athlete was ill
