We are used to hearing the contemporary return to Judaism by the unaffiliated over the last 50 years referred to as a movement. If we are to define a movement as something which provides a grand idea that has a life of its own and is then picked up by all kinds of people
"When a man is able to take abuse with a smile, he is worthy to become a rabbi.” Rebbe Nachman of Breslov It’s been twenty years now since I became the rav of Congregation Ahavas Israel in Passaic, NJ. In those twenty years I have watched the shul grow from having
Rabbi Yehoshua Lewis is the founder of Mesorah NJ, an outreach network in New Jersey, reaching out, inspiring and educating university students and young professionals. Chapters have been established in Highland Park, Morristown, and Hoboken/Jersey City. We asked