D’var Torah — Ki Tisa
This is it; this is the week that gravity kicks in.
This is it; this is the week that gravity kicks in.
Parashat Tetzaveh has the unique distinction of being read every non-leap year immediately prior to Purim.
The recent appearance by renowned biblical scholar Robert Alter at the Kansas City Public Library gave a large in-person and Zoom audience dozens of delightful moments from a serious man nearing the end of a terrific and consequential career.
There was a town filled with good people who cared about one another, cared about the world, and cared about doing what’s right.
Once, when I was studying in yeshiva, one of the rabbis stayed with his family in the yeshiva for Shabbat.
I find myself overwhelmed by the magnitude of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
This editorial was originally published on My Jewish Learning/Southern & Jewish in 2019. Due to the recent release of the documentary “Good Night Oppy” on Amazon Prime Video, Debrow provided this piece to The Chronicle for publication.
I recently returned from Washington. D.C. with nine students who participated in the 2022 Together We Remember program.
Getting a second passport is in vogue these days. The desire to secure citizenship in another country, and with it a second passport, might be driven by fear, but also for educational, employment or business opportunities that an alternative citizenship might provide a family.
An infrared thermometer, a pair of arm-length heat resistant gloves, a water kettle and maybe a salad spinner.