It is quite uncomfortable to explain Shabbat observance to an outsider. To tell a complete stranger that you cannot so much as press an elevator button will, for the most part, elicit vacant stares.

Cogan was also eulogized by Rabbi Shaul Robinson, the rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue, the congregation where “Turn Friday Night into Shabbos” was first used. He called Cogan “a brilliant ...

The sheer magnitude of the congregation could be gauged by its scale. Apart from India and China, no other country in the world has a population exceeding the number of devotees who have already ...

Not only the Rebbe’s love for his fellow Jews run deep, but his involvement in the land of Israel. To what extent did the Rebbe support Jewish settlements? And how did he view mass migration – ...

The Equal Protection Clause is a section of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution that provides that "no state shall...deny to any citizen within its jurisdiction the equal ...

He was incredibly talented in so many different areas, from music to sport and academic excellence. He loved to sing with my father, and they used to harmonize together around the Shabbat table and in ...