Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
I’m exhausted yet invigorated. I’m half-asleep but writing this column because I want to share with you what I feel when I think about my love for our Jewish...
Iyar: Continuations
Rav Yehuda Amital was a unique visionary and builder of Torah. After his family was killed in Auschwitz, Rav Amital came to Eretz Yisrael and fought in the Haganah...
Shemini: Dancing Away
When King David finally brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, there was much fanfare and celebration. The entire city rejoiced, sacrifices were offered, and the shofar was...
Yachad Launches Alumni Network
The story of how Jon and Naomi Cohen of Riverdale, New York, met is as unique as it is meaningful. United by a shared passion for making a difference...
The Silent Reply of Chol HaMoed
By Yochanan Gordon
A couple of days before Pesach, one of my kids turned to me with that mischievous twinkle only a child can muster and asked, “Tatty, are you...
Four Cups, Many Questions
By Larry Gordon
“If you’re overly worried about everyone drinking four cups of wine at the Seder or if you think it’s no big deal, that may have more to...
Natan Sharansky On Pesach And Freedom
By Toby Klein Greenwald
My formative years included leaving an empty chair at the Seder table for the Jews of Russia, reading Elie Wiesel’s book The Jews of Silence and...
The Pesach Birthday Chronicles
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence
You know those people who turn their birthdays into week-long extravaganzas? The ones who announce it to anyone who will listen, eagerly awaiting accolades on...
Crying Our Way To Redemption
By Yochanan Gordon
Egyptian bondage, whose redemption we are now celebrating, did not begin with an autocratic decree but rather with the sale of Yosef HaTzaddik into Mitzrayim. There is...
Chris Ruddy: From Nassau County To National Media Powerhouse
Christopher Ruddy’s rise from a working-class upbringing in Nassau County to the top of the Conservative media world is a story of vision, perseverance, and a deep connection to...