“Firm and Steady” by Rabbi Dennis Ross Having just closed the book on 2024, our Torah portion this Shabbat, Vayehi, closes the first book of the Bible, […]

More Light Maybe it is a coincidence that we get the Hanukkah lights during the darkest time of the year, that we have the pleasure of […]

“If God Wants” It’s often said that when you are traveling and want an immediate feel for the mood of a country, then as soon as […]

Returning Home “A wary trickle home under the shadow of a fragile ceasefire,” is how the Times of Israel described the few residents of the northern border town […]

Thanksgiving: Almost a Jewish Holiday At the Brooklyn yeshivah I attended as a kid all those years ago, school was in session on many secular and non-Jewish holidays. Christmas […]