Rabbi Eliyahu Kohen

As anti-racial protests resurged in Portland, Seattle and cities nationwide, scores of iconic statues, including those of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson have been torn down. The Washington Post’s Annie Gowen’s July 8 headline declared, As Statues of Founding Fathers Topple, Debate Rages Over Where Protesters Should Draw the Line. Gowen writes, Manisha Sinha, a... Read more »

Rabbi Yissocher Frand (On the Parsha 3) shares an eye-opening Midrash from Talmudic times of a Jewish farmer (who we’ll call Reuven) who ran into financial difficulties and was forced to sell his trusted plowing cow. The farmer sold the cow to a non-Jewish farmer (who we’ll call Logan) who was delighted as his newly purchased

As I prepare for Shavous, a startling conversation I had with Professor Herbert Goldstein z”l, over fifteen years ago, then professor emeritus of nuclear science at Columbia, invariably jumps to the forefront of my mind. Professor Goldstein was part of the MIT team who discovered and implemented the use of radar

The lead story in this month’s Harvard Business Review (HBR) tackles the challenge of deciphering the “tidal wave of data” that is essential to help the world combat coronavirus.

US Department of State Tweet on May 4, 2020 May is #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth. Jewish Americans have contributed in countless ways to our country and to the Department. This month celebrates their heritage and achievements and reaffirms the U.S. is committed to a world free of anti-Semitism.

We’re talking about a fundamental change in the world. We thought before the coronavirus we had control in our lives, there’s a certain amount that we decide and a certain amount that we don’t decide… At this point, the world is in total turmoil. There is nothing, nothing in our control. There isn’t one sector

We never imagined that such a thing like this could ever happen. First and foremost, I hope you are taking the necessary precautions. V’nishmartem me’od l’nafshtechem (Devarim 4:15). We must all follow the rules of the authorities. Take care of yourselves and those who need

After four seasons, the NBC hit sitcom “The Good Place,” a Hollywood version of the afterlife, aired its finale last month, receiving a rare 100% rating by the revered Rotten Tomatoes. Not to mention a 97% liking

A cryptocurrency is a digital currency using strong encryption to secure financial transactions. In contrast to government controlled, regulated and supervised currencies, a cryptocurrency is decentralized

In his 1996 book about death, Herbert Fingarette argued that fearing one’s own demise was irrational. When you die, he wrote, “there is nothing.” Why should we fear the absence of being when we won’t be there ourselves to suffer it? Twenty years later, facing his

Pages By: Rabbi Eliyahu Kohen

The Declaration That No One Can Cancel

Rabbi Frand’s Kiruv Lesson from a Holy Cow

A World-Class Physicist Anchored at Mount Sinai

The Ramifications of HBR’s Lead Article for Ma’amad Har Sinai

May is #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth

2 VIDEO Messages from Quarantined Rav Sholom Kamenetsky on COVID-19

Rav Asher Weiss: Understanding What Coronavirus Means for Us

How “The Good Place” Ended Up Feeling Bad

What is Cryptocurrency and its Halachic Status?

What We Know About Professor Fingarette’s Fatal Mistake

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