Fern Penn has been taking people on tasting tours of the interesting and innovative eateries proliferating in Crown Heights. Now she is starting fashion tours
This three-mile-long hike in nearby Oakland, of moderate difficulty, is one of my favorites. Not only does it run along a scenic lake and climb
An incredible initiative was undertaken by Gadi Schreiber (nephew of Rabbi Chaim Poupko of Ahavath Torah in Englewood), a 13-year-old boy from Modiin, Israel, who
Five years ago this September I was sitting on my deck, out of work, yet not ready to retire. I was eating my lunch and
Broadly speaking, Ashkenazim are descendants of Jews who migrated (or were expelled by the Romans) from Judea to Mediterranean Europe (what we now call Italy,
When we ask students to identify the most pivotal day in modern Israeli history, most if not all will answer the 15th of May, 1948.
I’m just going to say it as it is. The talmidei chachamim comprising the vast body of the Dirshu Torah army live lives of genuine
Part 3 (Continued from last week) But again, my laziness reared its head and I kept thinking about that problem. I said to myself, I
I just came across a news article titled, “Massachusetts Is Considering Leaving the Eastern Time Zone.” And good for them. It’s about time. Apparently, in
What does it mean to take a “gap year“? Does it mean that you spend your year working for an American clothing company specializing in
The call to Abraham, with which Lech Lecha begins, seems to come from nowhere: “Leave your land, your birthplace and your father’s house, and go
(Courtesy of njohsp.gov) State Governor Philip D. Murphy is urging New Jersey’s high school girls to participate in the 2020 Girls Go CyberStart challenge, a
