Rosh Hashanah: Still in the Field 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. Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander Sept. 30, 2024
The haredi draft is everyone’s challenge The IDF and Israeli society as a whole need to help pave the way for the haredim to successfully serve in the army. Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander July 21, 2024
Worthy or not, we are ready for redemption Parshat Behar teaches that there are two paths to redemption: that of righteous people and that of the Jubilee that ends the exile. Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander May 21, 2024
Is Israel failing the Diaspora? 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. Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander May 10, 2020
Israel is helping solve the global shortage of educators and rabbis 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. Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander May 15, 2019
