Today is a true celebration: 20 hostages, now called returnees, have come home. This year, we will celebrate Simchat Torah not just with relief, but with dancing and joy. And yet, I️ still hold angst and trepidation, even as my heart is full. Not all the deceased have been returned. And, those heroes who just returned must begin the long journey towards healing. Holding just one emotion is not the Jewish way. Kohelet, Ecclesiastes, teaches: “There's a season for everything,”

There is so much tragic loss around the world, both personal and global. This week, I am reeling from the senseless death of four New...

Before Hersh Goldberg-Polin was murdered by Hamas, his parents drove to the Gaza border, standing as close to their son as they...

Rabba Sara's perspective on Passover this year.

I am one of many people who have come to Israel on a Mission. Jofa and Maharat brought over 30 people to give chizuk and support. In...

When I woke up on Monday morning, I realized that it was time to do something. For two weeks, like many of us, I walked around in a state...

On April 5, 2023, Stern College announced they would be shutting down their beginner and intermediate Talmud classes, citing “lack of...

“We shall stand amazed that there was a woman found at the head of the Persian empire that dared to disobey the command even of a drunken...

The American Orthodox Rabbinate is changing.1 I have been part of the rabbinic clergy team at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale–The...

In last week's parsha, Yosef’s brothers threw him into a pit. As far as I could see, no Mefarshim comment on how long he was in the pit...

Last year, a woman from the Modern Orthodox community reached out under the pseudonym “Tali,” expressing disappointment that leaders from...

I don’t like to stick out. I don’t enjoy a lot of eyes on me. After I step down from giving a sermon, I want to retreat. I certainly...