As we’ve been doing for a number of years now, with the help of sports enthusiast students and alumni, we try to prepare a set of inspiration and life messages or Jewish/Torah connections to this year&...
I thought this story was fitting for Parsha Bo, because (a) two of the sections inscribed in our Tefillin are in this week’s Parsha Bo, and (b) Parsha Bo speaks of the urgency and haste with which th...
Of course, each of the hostages returning home is a world unto his/her own, and means the world to their family and friends, and indeed all of our people. But we’re also starting to hear stories and sn...
I don’t know much about the respective strengths of Buffalo Bills vs. the Chief going into this all-important game, but I know many UAlbany students and alumni very invested & eager for a Bills win! So...
We watched parts of President Trump’s 2025 Inauguration this week, especially the benediction by Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University. The rabbi’s speech wasn’t as dramatic...