Rabbi Shlomo Riskin reportedly has named a potential successor for his Modern Orthodox educational network Ohr Torah Stone. Riskin, 74, appointed Rabbi David Stav, founder of the Israel-based Tzohar ...

The founder of the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization is expected to succeed Rabbi Shlomo Riskin at the modern Orthodox Ohr Torah Stone educational network. (JTA) — Rabbi Shlomo Riskin reportedly has ...

The Ohr Torah Stone (OTS) network on Wednesday morning announced the appointment of Rabbi Kenneth Brander as the new chancellor. Rabbi Brander has served for twelve years as Yeshiva University's (YU) ...

More than 100 Jewish communities in 20 countries will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Ohr Torah Stone’s Beren-Amiel and Straus-Amiel programs over Shabbat, May 17-18. Based In Israel, Ohr Torah ...

Marking Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) on September 26 and 27, the eighth annual Shofar in the Park program will be taking place in more than 250 parks and other outdoor areas around Israel. Part ...

The certification comes in the wake of the announcement that women scholars in Israel will receive the same benefits as men who pass the Chief Rabbinate’s qualification exams, which are not open to ...

Tens of thousands of Israelis are expected to participate in Megilla readings for the Purim holiday, taking place in hundreds of communities throughout Israel. Led by Tzohar and the Ohr Torah Stone ...

Rabbi Aviv Mizrachi of Aventura spoke during a recent Shabbat that was part of an international celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Modern Orthodox network Ohr Torah Stone’s Beren-Amiel and ...

Rachel Hacohen of Palo Alto joined the conversation in Cancun to discuss students and their religious souls. Photo Courtesy of Ohr Torah Stone Institutions Ohr Torah Stone’s Beren-Amiel and ...

A prominent Modern Orthodox rabbi is retiring from the Israeli religious school network he founded that broke new ground in the religious education of Jewish women. Rabbi Shlomo Riskin is stepping ...

Any effort to condense a machzor – the prayer book that contains some of the most cherished tefilot in all of Jewish liturgy – can be implemented only with a great deal of humility and trepidation.

Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis, graduate of Ohr Torah Stone's Susi Bradfield Women’s Institute for Halakhic Leadership (WIHL) became the first women to be appointed as the sole spiritual leader of an ...