The great Russian writer Vera Nazarian once said, “A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it”. This concept of “karma” ...

Our Torah reading this week finds us deep in the Book of Leviticus; and the portion is filled with instructions and prohibitions for the....

Our Torah reading this week finds us deep in the Book of Leviticus; and the portion is filled with instructions and prohibitions for the...

This week’s Torah reading affects every Jew in their practice of Yom Kippur, and answers the question that I often receive of, “Rabbi, how..

This week’s Torah reading affects every Jew in their practice of Yom Kippur, and answers the question that I often receive of, “Rabbi, how..

“Life and Death are in the Hands of the Tongue” (Proverbs 18:21) (This year, we have two portions this week: a “double portion”.

As we come off of Passover and prepare for the upcoming spiritual revelation at Mt. Sinai of the Shavuot Holiday, the teachings found ....

Holocaust Studies Professor Yehuda Bauer once said, “Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator.

I once heard an eager student ask Rabbi Ronnie Serr how he should go about becoming more observant.

With the anticipated opening up of businesses in California, I am gratefully getting a plethora of calls from young couples who have been...

In 1144 in Norwich, England the first of the ancient blood libels took place: a horror against Jews that has been perpetuated for almost...

This week’s Torah reading are the first chapters of the Book of Leviticus…but that’s not the name of the book!

With the “awards” season in the entertainment industry in full swing, maybe we should all get honest and call these shows what they really..

“Do not regard anyone with contempt, and do not reject anything, for there is no man who does not have his hour and nothing which does....

Idolatry. Sexual immorality. Murder. The description of the events of the Golden Calf in this week’s portion sound like the outline...

In 1144 in Norwich, England, the world was formally introduced to the concept of a “Jewish Blood Libel”; the anti-Semitic practice of .....

“All the Festivals will be annulled in future time except for Purim” Midrash Mishlei 9:2 What a seemingly strange comment we find above....

This Shabbat is a “special” Shabbat called Shabbat Zachor, in which we recount the tale of Amalek (the leader of a nation of enemies....

This teaching is in honor and in memory of Avi Gross-Schaefer z”l, may his memory be a blessing and may his family always be comforted ...

There is a story that there was once a successful businessman who was part of and a large contributor to the community of the Baal Shem Tov.