From Good To Great: YU Online Course Teaches Rabbis The Art Of Public...
By Rochelle Maruch Miller
Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future and affiliate Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) recently launched “Drashas and Shiurim: From Good to Great,” a continuing rabbinic...
Protecting Lives
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
The horrific shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, by someone with an affiliation to an anti-Semitic group, has caused the entire nation to...
Power Of Prayer
By Larry Gordon
They answer Amen to berachos and they daven together daily. This group of women, mostly from Far Rockaway and parts of the Five Towns, is a sorority,...
RAA Highlights Role in Religious Liberties Case
The Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim played a role in a groundbreaking religious liberty decision this week by the United States Supreme Court. In the case, Our Lady Of...
New Study Shows Religion Can Make You Feel Better—Or Worse—Depending On Your Spirituality
A new study has found that participating in religious activities improved mood among those with depression and bipolar disorder, but only those who truly valued religion reaped these mood-boosting...
Choosing Yam HaTorah For Your Son
It is that time of year again. Yeshivas are hosting their open houses, and parents find themselves faced with the decision of which school would be the best fit...
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Haredi Anglo Immigrants Buck the Trend of Voting in Blocs
By Sam Sokol
BEIT SHEMESH, Israel (JTA) — On Saturday evening in this quiet Jerusalem suburb, hundreds of black-suited, predominantly American-born haredi Orthodox Jews gathered in a local synagogue. Representatives...
Judges: Gender Segregated Pool Hours at Lakewood, NJ Condo Unlawful
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit found on Monday that a condominium’s sex-segregated pool time policy in the heavily dominated New Jersey neighborhood of Lakewood discriminated...
Who Is Entitled To Charity?
By Rabbi Meir Orlian
It was almost Purim, and the bima in shul was covered with charity boxes for matanos la’evyonim and zecher l’machatzis ha’shekel. The boxes represented a full array...