Rabbi Brander shares with Nachum Segal how OTS is dealing with the pandemic
Nachum Segal welcomed President and Rosh HaYeshiva Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, to JM in the AM for an update on how
March 30, 2020
State-mandated cremation a posthumous ‘mitzvah,’ says leading Orthodox rabbi
State-mandated cremation a posthumous ‘mitzvah,’ says leading Orthodox rabbi Head of the Israeli Ohr Torah Stone network Rabbi Kenneth Brander
March 29, 2020
Concern in Jewish Communities: Bodies of Corona Patients may Require Cremation
Concern in Jewish Communities: Bodies of Corona Patients may Require Cremation Rabbis in the Diaspora are facing a new threat,
March 26, 2020
Can a person in home-quarantine read the megillah via Skype?
Can a person in home-quarantine read the megillah via Skype? As coronavirus places people in isolation, rabbis grapple with how
March 5, 2020
Uniting and Exciting Jews Around the World
Uniting and Exciting Jews Around the World “A rabbi and a puppeteer walk into a bar…” While this may sound
February 27, 2020
Italy: Communal prayer becomes prohibited in some areas
Italy: Communal prayer becomes prohibited in some areas Italian Jewish life in danger as result of COVID-19 spread, following new
February 25, 2020
Tasty Torah
Tasty Torah is more than just a metaphor In an attempt to draw members of the Jewish community in Omaha
February 9, 2020
40 Men but no minyan, and a sukkah in the living room
40 Men but no minyan, and a sukkah in the living room: the challenges of bringing Judaism back to the
February 4, 2020
Increased numbers of non-Jews attending synagogue services
Increased numbers of non-Jews attending synagogue services This trend is particularly interesting considering “the long history of antisemitism in Germany
January 31, 2020
Hadran Alach – “We will return to you”
Hadran Alach – “We will return to you” Siyyum HaShas was marked in January through communal and mega-events all over
January 30, 2020
Nachum Segal interviews Rabbi Brander about upcoming Sefer Torah dedication in honor of Rabbi Riskin
“Whether its inclusion, or women’s leadership, or serious learning for men… or the high schools he created in America… or
December 5, 2019
“It was inspiring to see a community with no water or electricity steadfastly seeking to keep Shabbat and Kashrut”
“It was inspiring to see a community with no water or electricity steadfastly seeking to keep Shabbat and Kashrut” Ohr
November 28, 2019