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Welcome back to Mensch Madness! It’s already Game 5!Rabbi Moses Ben Maimo, also known as Maimonides, alias Rambam, is in the ...

Today’s game is a showdown between a veteran and a rookie. Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1167) will compete against Nehama Leibowitz (1905-1997).Despite ...

What an exciting match-up we have today: Joseph Caro versus Isaac Luria. Two titans of Torah commentary, taking it to ...

I’ll admit when I looked up at my calendar this week I loudly exclaimed “It’s already March! But what about ...

Welcome to Mensch Madness… Game Two!This time around, we have the age old match-up of Rashi and Maimonides. These two ...

Welcome to Mensch Madness… Game One!Opposing team captains Amram Gaon and Saadia Gaon (no relation) file out onto the court ...

With three months left of my time as an Education Fellow at the ISJL, the final countdown of this Southern ...

Every March, the ISJL (a very sports-centric Southern and Jewish office) holds a tournament of champions: Mensch Madness.We get in ...

There are certain parts of being a Jewish professional that only other people in “the business” will understand. Buzz words ...

A few days a week, I am in the car at 6:00 in the morning– not my usual commute time! ...

One of the things I love getting to do since relocating to Jackson, Mississippi, is teach in our congregation’s Sunday ...

A recent line of inquiry has led me down a research rabbit hole — a tunnel falling straight into the ...