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Kenneth Brander

Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander

Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander is the president and rosh yeshivah of Ohr Torah Stone.

Just as at Purim, we need to look deeper in the story of Esther to see the Divine at work, we need to pay more attention to what is going on deep inside ourselves and those around us.
Lessons on parenting gleaned from the life and death of Abraham, Sarah and King David in this week’s Torah readings.
The light of unity and commitment to Jewish values will help us move toward the receiving of the Torah commemorated on Shavuot.
This year, instead of our usual routines, we found ourselves in literal fields—the groves and orchards of our land, picking and pruning where farmers were not available.
The IDF and Israeli society as a whole need to help pave the way for the haredim to successfully serve in the army.
Parshat Behar teaches that there are two paths to redemption: that of righteous people and that of the Jubilee that ends the exile.
The COVID-19 crisis demands a re-evaluation of what it means to be “one Jewish community.” Help and solidarity cannot—and must not—be a one-way street.
Ohr Torah Stone’s Beren-Amiel and Straus-Amiel programs are celebrating the 20th anniversary of sending well-trained, creative and motivated educators and rabbis to serve Jewish communities throughout the world.