The following podcast is part of our series ‘Supporting Characters,’ by Mrs Ilana Saks. In this podcast Mrs. Saks covers the personality of Mekoshesh Eitzim Ilana Goldstein Saks is a teacher of Tanakh in Jerusalem at the Tehilla High School. S

Rabbi Brovender was recently interviewed by Nachum Segal on JM in the AM. He spoke about living in Jerusalem at the time of the Six Day War, his journey through fifty years in Torah education, and being the recipient of the 2017 Nefesh B’Nefesh Bone

The following podcast is part of our series ‘Supporting Characters,’ by Mrs Ilana Saks. In this podcast Mrs. Saks covers the personality of Ruth and Orpah. Ilana Goldstein Saks is a teacher of Tanakh in Jerusalem at the Tehilla High School. Sh

To mark Yom Yerushalayim and the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem Rabbi Jeffrey Saks will discuss the role the city plays in the prose of Agnon and the poetry of Yehuda Amichai — and explore points of contact between them. This spe

The following podcast is from the series ‘Supporting Characters’  by Mrs Ilana Saks. In this podcast Mrs. Saks covers Boaz the na’ar and ploni almoni. Ilana Goldstein Saks is a teacher of Tanakh in Jerusalem at the Tehilla High School. S

R. Jeffrey Saks interviews Prof. William Kolbrener about his new book “The Last Rabbi: Joseph Soloveitchik and Talmudic Tradition” (Indiana U. Press).   The book takes on Rabbi Soloveitchik’s legacy and shows how he was torn between the t

The following is part of the podcast series ‘Supporting Characters’  by Mrs Ilana Saks. In this podcast Mrs. Saks covers the personality of Betzalel. A source sheet can be found HERE. Ilana Goldstein Saks is a teacher of Tanakh in Jerusalem at

The following podcast is part of our series ‘Supporting Characters,’ by Mrs Ilana Saks. In this podcast Mrs. Saks covers the personality of Chur. Ilana Goldstein Saks is a teacher of Tanakh in Jerusalem at the Tehilla High School. She has taug

Listen below to this recorded shiur from last night by Rabbi Brovender on Parshat Yitro. This week, the question of when did Yitro actually show up at the camp of B’nei Yisrael. Did he come before Matan Torah or after? This was an incredibly difficu

Rabbi Saks talks with Rabbi Dr. Barry Kislowicz about his new book “Parenting in Perspective: Timeless Wisdom, Modern Applications” (Maggid Books, 2016). Some families are blessed with child after child who makes them proud. Others seem to fac