NAME: Jefrey John Hornacek Born: May 3 1963 (age 53) in Elmhurst, Illinois Career History: As Player: 1986–1992 Phoenix Suns, 1992–1994 Philadelphia 76ers, 1994–2000 Utah Jazz As Coach: 2011–2013 Utah Jazz (assistant), 2013–2016...
Some years, my busy season intersects with Chanukah and I cannot get home from work until very late. On those nights, my family lights the Chanukah menorah, fulfilling the mitzvah...
Lighting a menorah in the Bais Haknesses and reciting a bracha on it is mentioned in Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, siman taf resh ayin alef, seif koton yud alef. There are...
When Yaakov is invited to accompany Esav and he declines Yaakov says, “My master, you know that my children are young and I have lots of animals under my responsibility....
Benny Friedman continues to be one of the hottest singers in the Jewish music industry. It’s been two years since Benny released Kol Haneshama Sheli. In the almost ten years...
The Torah tells us that when Eisav confronted Yaakov, everyone lined up and bowed before him. When it was Rochel’s turn, Yosef, her son, stood in front of her and...
Over the past few years we have witnessed a disturbing questioning of the validity of long-standing conversions to Judaism. This is a very sensitive topic because many converts — nearly...
In Parshas Lech Lecha we find that after Avrohom conquered the kings in war he met Shem ben Noach who was the Kohen of the generation and it says that Avrohom gave Shem maaser from everything he received. In Parshas Toldos it says...
Name: Mats André Zuccarello Aasen Born: September 1, 1987 (age 29) in Oslo, Norway Height: 5 ft 7 in Weight: 179 lb Position: Right Wing Shoots: Left Salary: 3.5 million Why do you think you’re a fan...
With the emotional and political turmoil in the aftermath of the recent presidential election, there is talk of a national registry of Muslims. It is not clear to me whether...