By Dr. Jonathan Gray Sitting amongst some 275 people at the fifth anniversary celebration of one of Ottawa’s most successful and fast-growing Jewish institutions, my mind drifts back another decade or so. As a single man in my early twenties, I started to come to synagogue on Saturday mornings after avoiding the place since my
Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The Trump Organization, Jason Dov Greenblatt, with his son Noah and NCSY’s “Latte and Learning” Englishtown participants. There was a feeling of excitement in the air at the local Baskin Robbins/Dunkin Donuts in Englishtown on May 31. The 50 teens who meet weekly for New Jersey NCSY’s “Latte
Parshat Tzav, Our Connection to Hashem By:Ariella Goldberg Parshat Tzav speaks about the different karbanot, offerings, a person was able to give in the Beit Hamikdash. Theparsha includes instructions, laws, and what type of animals to use. Most of these karbanot were offered for committing a sin. In those days, if you committed a sin, you could buy a nice fat
Parshat Tzav, Our Connection to Hashem By:Ariella Goldberg Parshat Tzav speaks about the different karbanot, offerings, a person was able to give in the Beit Hamikdash. Theparsha includes instructions, laws, and what type of animals to use. Most of these karbanot were offered for committing a sin. In those days, if you committed a sin, you could buy a nice fat
As I reflect on Shavuot, I observed that some start cooking in advance, some may worry about making the most awesome cheesecake man ever tried, but there may be a few people who catch up on the holiday before it comes around just so the holiday has more spiritual meaning to them. Every Shavuot, we
The Humility of Matza By Naomi Soman On the first day of Passover, I can’t wait to eat all the classic Pesach foods… Matzah pizza, matzah and cream cheese, matzah brie, matzah and charoseth, chocolate matzah, matzah crackers, matzah everything. After about four days of nothing but matzah though, I am just about sick and
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In 1999, before the Taglit-Birthright Israel program existed as such, the people behind the idea approached the Orthodox Union with a request. They wanted the OU to serve as beta testers for their program; namely, that 18-26-year-old Jews ought to have the opportunity to connect with their heritage. In this way, the Israel Free Spirit
Heart to Heart (H2H), an organization founded and led by Hart Levine, twenty-three year old UPenn grad, has a mission that seems extremely simple: to include uninvolved students in Jewish life by enabling involved Jewish students to share meaningful positive Jewish experiences and relationships with their peers. Despite its seeming obviousness, this grassroots effort on