Yom Ha'Atzmaut - Am Yisrael Chai

April 23, 2020

The joke running around Israel (not an original one, but passing it along because it’s clever) is that this year “Yom” Ha’Atzmaut has become “Home”

May 6, 2019

Let’s be honest. How many shuls in your neighborhood celebrated Yom Ha’atzmaut this past week? There was a time, not too long ago, when 90%

April 24, 2018

Jews, all over the world, have been saying these words for 2,000 years. Millions of tears have been shed clinging to the hope that –

April 16, 2018

The entire country is blue and white! Flags are flying everywhere and Yom Ha’Atzmaut will be the biggest and best ever. Everyone is in the

May 26, 2017

I can live to be 1,000 and I will never get used to the fact that Memorial Day in America is a fun, action-packed day

April 24, 2017

This past Friday I traveled north to spend a relaxing and spiritual Shabbat in my favorite city in Israel; Tzefat. Maybe I’m crazy but I

April 16, 2017

Try this test. Ask 100 fellow Jews the following simple question; What’s the next Jewish holiday? I would imagine that 90 of them will answer

April 17, 2015

Does the number 23,320 mean anything to you? How about 4,958 or 553 or 116 or 52? Do these numbers even ring a bell? They

May 13, 2014

A little over a week ago, I did something that I never did before; I politely turned down the request of a gabbai to do

March 3, 2014

I am a proud graduate of the YCQ (Yeshiva of Central Queens) class of 1975. While my class was the first one to graduate from