Inspiration 1711 articles

Memphis, Tennessee is not usually at the top of the list when Orthodox Jewish families research ideal locations to settle; but perhaps it should be! The Memphis Jewish community is an...

I wasn’t going to talk about Rabbi Barry Freundel. I really wasn’t. When I have occasion to reference a news story within the community, I tend to obscure the names of...

I was speaking in an out-of-town community on the topic of the four levels of emunah. I spent some time dwelling on the third level: that Hashem knows our thoughts. I...

When a long anticipated hockey game is cancelled in Canada, you know something is very wrong. Wednesday, October 22, 2014, was very wrong in Ottawa, with reverberations across Canada, indeed across...

Climbing Masada, the ancient fortress and symbol of Jewish strength, whose breathtaking views are enhanced by the glorious sun rising over the land of Israel, is a staple activity of any...

When I was in third grade, I had a teacher who taught us how to accept a compliment. “Don’t squirm,” she would say. “Look the person in the eye, and say...

Forbes-ranked hedge fund manager and philanthropist Henry Swieca, BCBGeneration Creative Director Joyce Azria, and Columbia Law School Dean Emeritus David Schizer are among ten individuals who have been named 2014 Orthodox...

I am one of Rabbi Barry Freundel’s converts. He was my sponsoring rabbi and is the first signature on my RCA conversion documents. For a long time, I’ve been angry about...

This article originally appeared at rabbisblog.brsonline.org. It is fifteen years later and I still vividly remember how offended and insulted I felt. In my second year studying at YU’s Gruss Kollel...

“Do not take revenge.” One day, you ask to borrow my shovel. I refuse. The next day, I say to you, “May I borrow your hammer?” You respond, “Yesterday,...