Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander https://www.jns.org/author/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander is the president and rosh yeshivah of Ohr Torah Stone. en-US Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:32:00 GMT Unmasking Israel’s mental-health crisis https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/unmasking-israels-mental-health-crisis 0000019c-d3c8-d83f-adfd-d3ed713d001b Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:32:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/unmasking-israels-mental-health-crisis ‘Man is a tree of the field’ https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/man-is-a-tree-of-the-field 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f48c7f0030 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:15:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/man-is-a-tree-of-the-field From Gaza to Sydney: ‘Maoz Tzur’ and spiritual resistance https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/from-gaza-to-sydney-maoz-tzur-and-spiritual-resistance 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f488c50054 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:35:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/from-gaza-to-sydney-maoz-tzur-and-spiritual-resistance When leadership and family collide https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/leadership-and-family 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f488c4003d Fri, 14 Nov 2025 01:30:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/leadership-and-family Army service as the antidote to the mourning of the Omer https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/army-service-as-the-antidote-to-the-mourning-of-the-omer 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f48520003e Mon, 19 May 2025 14:01:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/army-service-as-the-antidote-to-the-mourning-of-the-omer Rosh Hashanah: Still in the Field https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/rosh-hashanah-still-in-the-field 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f4811d0024 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:45:46 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/rosh-hashanah-still-in-the-field The haredi draft is everyone’s challenge https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/the-haredi-draft-is-everyones-challenge 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f47d480045 Sun, 21 Jul 2024 14:19:35 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/the-haredi-draft-is-everyones-challenge Worthy or not, we are ready for redemption https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/worthy-or-not-we-are-ready-for-redemption 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f47d46002b Tue, 21 May 2024 17:09:23 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/worthy-or-not-we-are-ready-for-redemption Is Israel failing the Diaspora? https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/is-israel-failing-the-diaspora 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f45ef00060 Sun, 10 May 2020 11:36:12 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/is-israel-failing-the-diaspora Israel is helping solve the global shortage of educators and rabbis https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/israel-is-helping-solve-the-global-shortage-of-educators-and-rabbis 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f45b2b000a Wed, 15 May 2019 21:30:10 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/rabbi-dr-kenneth-brander/israel-is-helping-solve-the-global-shortage-of-educators-and-rabbis