An open road on a beautiful day, with your kids in the back seat, maybe even a picnic lunch; what could be more perfect? I will always wonder what Tali Hatuel, eight months pregnant, with her four … more

The beginning of our parasha, Emor, focuses on a variety of laws that pertain solely to the kohanim. From a purely juridical perspective, they have little to do with the majority of the Jewish … more

Rabbi Zvi Romm of the Lower East Side’s Bialystoker Synagogue this week distributed the following open letter to David Garza, executive director of the Henry Street Settlement, another LES … more

One of the questions which gets much emphasis nowadays is whether the Torah discriminates against kohanim who have some kind of deformity, blemish, or disability. This is an outcome of looking at the … more

On Yom Yerushalayim will be celebrated next Wednesday, May 24, the 28 Day of Iyar, the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. The role played by Jerusalem in the Jewish religion is … more

Rabbi Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere published this defense of Sebastian Gorka in the Algemeiner on Friday, under the headline, “End the Gorka Calumny.”ˆ This past … more

Sebastian Gorka, the White House adviser accused of membership in a far-right Hungarian group, this weekend defended his pro-Israel bona fides and denied being anti-Semitic. “I have spent my … more

Every year, when May rolls around, it brings back memories of Memorial Day weekend at Grossinger’s, a big singles event that was followed by July 4th, Shabbat Nachamu, and Labor Day weekend. … more

WASHINGTON — In an appearance on Al Jazeera, Bernie Sanders defended Israel’s right to exist, rejected BDS as a tactic and assailed the United Nations for … more

On Yom HaShoah, DRS had the privilege to hear from Shimon Felder, a survivor of Bergen-Belsen and grandfather of DRS Junior Jesse Felder. Felder delivered a powerful message of Emunah in Hashem, and … more