As a Jewish innovation enthusiast, and as a software engineer, it was with great excitement and surprise that I learned of the Jim Joseph Foundation
Project Ezrah, Tomchei Shabbos and other local tzedakah organizations have people working overtime to meet the demands of families staggering under the economic crunch suffocating
To the Editor: An open letter to the our rabbis and our community: There has been much dialogue this past week about the appropriateness of
Barry Stern was not much of a cleaner. Truth be told, he was a slob, a big slob (there, you dragged it out of me).
Many of us are familiar with the old adage “there is a time and a place.” For Chris Christie, the Republican Jewish Coalition’s spring event
Jerry Garcia, music icon of Grateful Dead fame, once famously said, ‘We’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really
It’s no longer enough for children just to be able to read, count or multiply. With computers now doing many mundane repetitive tasks for us,
Time for a quick survey: How many of you have ever had a teacher who was basically the human embodiment of a textbook? You know
There was a great deal of religious ambivalence about Zionism in its early years. On one hand, the return to the Land of Israel had
For Jews and Christians, the Passover season is a special time for reflection on the rich spiritual truths contained within this remarkable holiday. Indeed, we
Every year I ask my class on “Wealth and Poverty” to play a simple game. I have them split up into pairs and imagine I’m
In the traditional Jewish liturgy, Passover is referred to as the “Festival of Matzoh, the time of our freedom.” And during the Seder, that ceremonial
