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Photo of the Week: August 6, 2026 This week, Reut and Netanel Bayme stood at Ben Gurion Airport with their bags packed and a new mission waiting on the other side of the flight. They’re headed to Springfield, New Jersey, where they’ll teach at the Kushner School and serve as community emissaries at Congregation Israel, […]

Seeds of Renewal - Reflections on the High Holidays from OTS rabbis, educators and alumni

The article below is from Rabbi Riskin’s book Devarim: Moses Bequeaths Legacy, History and Covenant, part of his Torah Lights series of commentaries on the weekly parsha, published by Maggid and available for purchase here. Parshat Shoftim: Pluralism and the Right of Dissent in Halakha Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin is the Founder and Rosh HaYeshiva of […]

Parashat Shoftim: The Broad Responsibility of the Judicial System Tamar Oderberg is a staff advocate at Yad La’isha: The Monica Dennis Goldberg Legal Aid Center and Hotline for Agunot The portion of Shoftim opens with a description of the establishment of Israel’s judicial system: “Judges and officers shall you appoint for yourself in all your […]

Parashat Re’eh: “Seek His Dwelling Place, and Go There” Koby Itzhak is the Administrative Director of Ohr Torah Stone’s Midreshet Lindenbaum seminary in Jerusalem The portion of Re’eh opens with the commandment concerning the historic assembly of the blessings and the curses, whose location is explicitly identified as Mount Gerizim and Mount Eival. Immediately thereafter, the […]