 Parsha and Purpose: Learning from our mistakes; defeating a pandemicThe Rambam's lesson from our parasha is that learning from our retreats is an integral part of humanity’s zig-zagging journey forward. The song doesn’t remain the same: How each generation connects with God differentlyThe symbolism in the trumpets of Parashat Beha'alotcha (Diaspora).“Renewing our Vows” with GodAs we journey through this age of corona, we must remind ourselves of an opportunity even during tragedy to renew our relationship with God.Planting seeds: Changing ourselves and the worldThere is a fascinating law that shares with us a difference in mindsets, a difference between Shabbat and the sabbatical year.Finding light amidst the darknessThe most well known epidemic in Jewish history is the one that killed 24,000 of Rabbi Akiva's students. Almost impossible to imagine. Orthodox rabbi blasts gay conversion therapy'Peddling false promises.' Dean of Ohr Torah Stone and former Yeshiva University VP Rabbi Kenneth Brander blasts conversion therapy. Ohr Torah Stone inaugurates Rabbi Kenneth BranderRabbi Shlomo Riskin passes leadership of Ohr Torah Stone movement he founded to Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander Post-Holocaust suitcase comes to IsraelRabbi Kenneth Brander describes making Aliyah with suitcase his parents took from DP camp after the Holocaust. Ohr Torah Stone appoints new leaderYeshiva University’s Rabbi Dr. Brander to head organization. |
