Today, September 8th, is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) International Literacy Day. Established in 1965, International Literacy Day is meant…
“Actions and their Implications”
(updated and revised from Rosh Hashana 5766-2005)
by, Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald
The celebration of the Jewish New Year is entirely unlike the secular New…
The attack on the continental U.S. homeland on September 11, 2001 changed the entire complexion of the United States. Almost 200 years had passed since the last attack on the U.S.…
Tonight starts the holiday of Shemini Atzeret, literally the "Gathering of the Eighth," a connected, yet independent, holiday that immediately follows Sukkot.
During the seven days of…
