3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (673+ words) Every year on the 25th of Elul, while Jews around the world recite Selichot and prepare for Rosh Hashanah, my family marks the yahrzeit of my Zeidi, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Mordechai Hershberg, zt”l. I never had the privilege of meeting…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (206+ words) The Jewish Link Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel Visits Chabad-Rutgers as the School Year Begins (Courtesy of Rutgers Chabad) The Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rishon LeZion Chacham David Yosef, visited and prayed morning services on Sept. 4 with students at…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (849+ words) Awash in grievance, our “gotcha” culture drowns out gratitude. The domineering, loudmouth cranks refuse to give thanks. Social media and mainstream media gripe machines feed a sky-is-falling hysteria. Left and Right, in Israel and abroad, haredi (ultra-Orthodox) and secular, too many…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (367+ words) A few minutes before he was due on stage at Las Vegas’ Venetian for his Republican Jewish Coalition speech, Congressman Randy Fine sat down with me. The gala crowd was already drifting toward the ballroom. I was trying to hurry,…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1263+ words) Pinny Roberts, 27, who grew up in Lakewood, New Jersey, had always exercised, but his running began in an old gym in yeshiva. There were two treadmills and not many other exercise machines, and almost nobody seemed to use the gym....

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (390+ words) Israel is at the center of my DNA. I met my wife Frieda while a graduate student at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. After many visits to Israel, we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary by taking our children, daughter-in-law and grandchildren…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (221+ words) (Courtesy of Religious Zionists of America) Pace Cooper of Memphis will serve as the new president of the RZA, leading a strong slate of national board and executive board members. In accepting the presidency, Cooper reflected on the opportunity to…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (296+ words) Part of that was not up to him. He came down with pneumonia, leaving him bedridden for two months, and then sustained a back injury that took over a year to correct. The move to Teaneck happened somewhere in the…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (661+ words) As we enter the Days of Awe, the sound filling our shuls this week will be the beloved, uplifting melody of Hayom Harat Olam, “Today is the birthday of the world.” It is a core part of our Rosh Hashanah…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (156+ words) Highlighting: “From Temptation to Tranquility: Becoming A Woman of Honor and Dignity,” by Michelle Lesher Bergman. Urim Publications. August 2026. Paperback: 264 pages. ISBN-10:‎ 9655243966, ISBN-13:‎ 978-9655243963. The book is written by Michelle Lesher Bergman, LCSW, CASAC, a licensed clinical social worker, certified alcohol…...