Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Jewish Press One of the measures of leadership is what outlives the leader. Many leaders pride themselves as visionary and transformative. Yet no matter how successful they may be at the helm of their organizations, if upon their departure things revert back to what they were before their tenure then, sadly, they were […]

Photo Credit: Chaim Bleicher / TPS Many thousands of Israelis will be spending Shabbat in Hebron in honor of Parshat Chayei Sara, the Torah portion read this weekend which discusses Avraham’s purchase of the Cave of the Patriarchs in order to bury Sara. As there isn’t enough bed space within the small section of Hebron […]

Photo Credit: Zoltan Kluger (1896–1977) via Wikimedia Shabbat at Dizengoff Circle, Tel Aviv, circa 1939 After years of fighting, this Shabbat, Cheshvan 25, 5780 – November 22-23, 2019, public buses will be available to transport the residents of Tel Aviv, Ramat Hasharon, Givatayim, and Kiryat Ono, as part of a project dubbed “Pleasant on the […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press We are taught, “Maaseh avos siman l’banim – The behaviors of our patriarchs are a sign for how we should behave.” The avos set the standard for all Jews to follow. Thus, when Avraham pitched Sarah’s tent before pitching his own, he set an example for all future Jewish husbands to […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Rav Chaim Brisker once quipped to his students, “I don’t want you to learn and to think the way I learn and think. I want you to develop your own way of thinking and learning.” His disciples include some of the most prominent scholars, including Rav Shimon Shkop zt”l, Rav Baruch […]

Photo Credit: Shannon Blake’s Facebook page Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus (D-Brooklyn) tried to receive $100,000 in funding from the NY State Assembly for a Think Tank that would operate under the auspices of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, the NY Post reported Thursday. She said the group would “retrieve community […]

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Photo Credit: Jewish Press / 123rf.com Since reciting Kaddish is a concrete way of honoring a departed loved one, mourners are understandably anxious to do so at every possible opportunity. In most Ashkenazic congregations, mourners say Kaddish four times during Shacharit: after Korbanot, after Mizmor Shir Chanukat Ha’Bayit, after Aleinu, and after Shir Shel Yom. […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press How do we effectively and optimally manage time? Our sages emphasize that both Avraham and Sarah led full lives: “And the life of Sarah was 100 years and 20 years and seven years.” The commentators stress that this verse’s emphasis on “years” is an indication that Sarah fully lived every one […]