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There are moments in life when there are simply no words, when one is meant only to listen. Such moments may occur when sitting in a shiva home, but nowhere as often as when that family is mourning … more
This week's essay dealing with Liberty, Freedom and Jerusalem, is dedicated to the 150th yahrtzeit of Abraham Lincoln, on the 19th of Nissan, the 5th day of Pesach. In a recent essay, "The … more
HANC’s high school and its Jewish Poor Committee were privileged to host the annual Project Ezra Model Seder on Monday. The event is aimed at providing a mock Pesach seder experience to … more
President Obama has seized on purported statements by Prime Minister Netanyahu, not because they are true, but because they open up the door for the President to publicly display the hatred of Israel … more
A few weekends ago, we celebrated the 35th anniversary of “The Miracle on Ice,” one of the biggest sports upsets of all time, when a bunch of college students from the U.S. beat the … more
The tragic story of a fire in Brooklyn coming on the ten year anniversary of a similar story in Teaneck has left the greater Jewish community reeling. We mourn with these families, and wish for a … more
One of the central mitzvoth of Pesach is the injunction not to eat any chametz, or unleavened bread. Instead, we are commanded to eat matzah, the unleavened bread, for the entire week. And whenever we think of matzah we think of Pesach. Less known, however, is the special mitzvah of matzah, which we read of in this week’s portion, which seems to be completely unrelated to the festival of Pesach. more
Perhaps among our community’s most creative and articulate interpreters of our Biblical narrative and tradition, both in verse and illustration, is Rabbi David Fohrman. This year as in years … more
Regarding the wonders and miracles Hashem performed in Mitzrayim, Parshas Bo states: “U’lmaan tesaper b’aznei bincha u’ven bincha” (“And you shall tell it into the … more
The OU criticized what it described as the “pejorative” use of the word “Orthodox” in remarks by Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s (D-Ill.) at the annual conference of the left-wing … more
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