Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer is a kashrus professional, chairman of the Rabbinic Circle at Coalition for Jewish Values, member of the Rabbinical Council of America, and a member of the New York Bar. He ...

Situated near the Jaffa Gate on the western edge of Jerusalem’s Old City, Migdal David, commonly referred to as the Tower of David, stands as one of the most iconic and historically layered structures ...

Another characteristic of the shift from Torah She’bichsav to Torah She’baal Peh is the switch from the mode of “seeing” to the mode of “hearing.” Torah She’bichsav, the Written Torah, is inherently ...

David with a young cancer patient in the hospital, bringing goodies and a warm smile. Many parents who lose a child to serious illness count themselves fortunate to be able to simply go on and live ...

On August 17, 1790, President Washington visited Newport, Rhode Island, along with Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and others to generate support for the proposed Bill of Rights. During his stay, ...

American Jews are at a tipping point. Both sides of the political spectrum have pockets of antisemitic extremists, leaving many Jews feeling not just politically homeless, but afraid of what is to ...

Probably the most famous Anglo-Jew of the 19 th century, the much-beloved Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) was scrupulously observant of his faith and used his personal standing to further the cause of ...

In this week’s parsha we read about the plague of hail. The Midrash (Shemot Rabbah 12:2) says that when Moshe told Pharaoh about this impending plague, he scratched a line on the wall and said “When ...

The first conversational prompt was one that made me nostalgic for the Sedarim we used to share with our cousins before they made aliyah: “What do you need to be in place to enjoy the Seder? What ...

Assessments derived from commercial satellite imagery that were conducted independently by David Albright, a former United Nations weapons inspector, and Decker Eveleth, an associate research analyst ...

The nation of Israel is grieving the loss of eight young IDF soldiers who were killed in action early Saturday morning in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in addition to two fighters who were killed ...

Sol and Lauren Wachtler pictured in his Manhasset home last year. Sol Wachtler, the former chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, and his daughter Lauren, an attorney ...