With the news being what it is and the concern about what’s to come, many of us wish we could just escape if only for
On Purim, I had a call from Fred, a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor. “I’m on cloud nine,” he said, his voice even more exuberant than usual.
Grant Arthur Gochin, a South African expat businessman in Los Angeles, has been speaking truth to power for years. An activist, he doesn’t mind being
Leonard Bernstein was many things. A musical genius who gave the world popular memorable melodies. An intellectual eager to share his knowledge; his televised Young
Tisha B’Av was particularly sorrowful for me this year, not only because of concerns about mounting antisemitism and the sociopolitical situation in Israel. I mourned,
What makes this summer different from other summers in the beautiful Berkshires? The answer is the many Jewish-related offerings. This season’s unprecedented heat and rain,
Margery Metzger, a New Jersey native raised in Highland Park, is a woman of valor. She uses her intellect, amazing strength and determination to help
Nessa, a 99 year-old New Jersey resident, survived the Warsaw Ghetto, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the mass exile of the city’s Polish population to rural
Nessa, a 99 year-old New Jersey resident, survived the Warsaw Ghetto, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the mass exile of the city’s Polish population to rural
Jews, currently only 0.2% of the global population, contribute so much to the world. In the arts alone, Jews provide employment to so many. It’s
As Jews prepare to celebrate the Exodus from Egypt, they are reminded of their long history of wandering and sojourning. Jews have always been travelers.
The Torah doesn’t refrain from honoring, celebrating and granting women authority. Sarah, concerned about Ishmael’s threats to Isaac’s spiritual and physical well-being, tells Abraham to
