(5-6 Minute Read) Like millions of other Jews around the world, Barry Moscovitz had no choice but to start davening, or praying, at home as synagogues and Jewish worship centers temporarily closed their doors for the COVID-19 pandemic. So Barry,…
(7-8 Minute Read) I had grown up as a relatively simple American girl. Or, at least, my life seemed simple on the surface. I was born into a Roman Catholic family in New Jersey, and my father of French and…
(7-8 Minute Read) As we approach the final days of the Passover holiday, we also near the one year anniversary of one of the most shocking and appalling acts of hatred inflicted upon the American Jewish world in modern history: …
(4-5 Minute Read) The Office D’var Torah Challenge My wife is obsessed with The Office, the hit comedy show starring Steve Carrell and documenting the lives and misadventures of a dysfunctional staff of a paper company. And don’t get me…
(3-4 Minute Read) As a Torah-observant Sephardi Jew, I enjoy shiurim, or Jewish/Biblical lectures, in a variety of media, both articles and videos. And these lectures originate from a plethora of sources. I even subscribe to D’var Torah pieces from…
