I spent the entire night of Wednesday, January 13, stressing over finals and trying to figure out my second semester schedule. The looming exams and
Ready to hear about the newest worrying trend I’ve noticed on the internet? Yep, besides incitement, misinformation and cyberbullying. Even beyond Candy Crush invitations! I’ve
One of the essay prompts I recently worked on for an application went along these lines: There are some words in other languages that don’t
As I write this, 2015 is in its death throes. In just a few days, I will be watching the ball drop, ushering out one
Spoiler Alert! In “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Chewbacca is… (Wait, sorry, I’ll be back in a moment; I see the Spoiler Police running towards
A modernized version of the Chanukah miracle: When the Jews reentered the Temple, they found it devastated, and without any light. They wanted to light
“…The evil man shall not be unpunished; but the seed of the righteous shall escape.” —Mishlei (Proverbs) 11:21 (translation from Mechon-Mamre) As I write this,
Fair Lawn—Shomrei Torah: the home of a vibrant congregation… and of a ping pong competition? On the night of October 31, Shomrei Torah hosted its
November 9 is a day that we commemorate every year: the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass. We remember the pogrom against the
I walked alongside the playground towards the orange-and-tan, boxy building; the memories rushed back with every step. It had been a while since I last
It’s the fall of senior year, and that means missing 50 school days for the chagim, getting used to AP-level classes (whether they’re called AP
New York—“A Promise Fulfilled” is how Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun (CKJ), a synagogue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with a long and illustrious history,
