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I pledged to be a halachic Jew in time for my son's bar mitzvah

My interview with Chazan Nissim Saal was a long time coming, due to his busy travel schedule. We planned to touch base on motzaei Shabbos to nail down a time for the sit down. Initially, we assumed that the interview would take place by phone but in the end, we settled on a Zoom conversation. […]

There is a well-known verse that is recited at weddings that says: “I raise Jerusalem to the forefront of my celebration.” This symbolizes that all of our joy in exile is mired by a Jerusalem in ruins. The Gemara states that there is a prohibition to express unbridled joy in a world characterized by exile […]

Good Tuesday morning. In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on Birthright Israel restarting its trips next month and how Jewish groups are opting to engage with universities’ diversity, equity and inclusion frameworks rather than try to end them. We feature an opinion...

Netanel Leifer presents his own weekly music show, Hamevaker As a music critic and music editor at the Kikar Hashabbat website, NETANEL LEIFER presents his own weekly music show, Hamevaker, in which he interviews Jewish music artists and keeps his finger on the pulse of the industry. He’s also a professional pianist — he’s released several piano