When you live in a home for decades, you learn to visually turn off the areas that require work, planning and money to fix. That

(Courtesy of Kaplen JCC) The SHIRAH Community Chorus on the Palisades, conducted by Marsha Bryan Edelman, will perform its annual Winter Concert on Sunday, Dec.

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If you have an affinity towards Israel and its close bond with the U.S., listening to the opposing side can be sobering. James Zogby, president

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The project, initiated by the Ruderman Family Foundation, brings testimonies of students harassed by anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli activity, as well as questions of Jewish identity

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Whenever you want to go anywhere, there’s traffic. And people know this. That’s why when you get there, everyone asks, “How was traffic?” “Traffic was

At this time of year, high school yeshivas begin the long, arduous and often eventful process of fielding, reviewing and ruling on applications from prospective

So what’s the best way to get to heaven? Perform some amazing act of faith? Save a thousand lives? Well, a pretty good answer may