The Covid pandemic presented a myriad of growth experiences for people around the world. Overall, it was a challenging and for some tragic period, yet
Back in the 1980s, when El Al was a national airline owned and run by the State of Israel, a great controversy raged over whether
On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to climb Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. Since that
We just celebrated Yom Yerushalayim, marking the 56th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification. Yom Yerushalayim usually falls around the time we read Parshat Bamidbar which opens
A friend recently shared a picture of a group of Jews being led to the concentration camps and then directly underneath was another picture of
Probably the most often asked question I receive in my outreach work is: “Rabbi: where are the miracles? The Bible is filled with miracles, why
The great Rav Joseph Ber Soloveitchick told the story of a Seder he remembered from when he was six years old, sitting with his family
Parshat Vayakhel continues the detailed instructions regarding the building of the Mishkan. But right in the middle of all the instructions, God tells Moshe to
A Jewish woman went to India on what seemed to be a spiritual quest. She traveled a great distance to get to this ashram and
Irena Sendler of Warsaw Poland died on May 12, 2008 at the ripe age of 98. During the Second World War, Irena got permission to
I recently had a chance to speak with a student, Gail—a woman who was one of very first participants of the MJE (Manhattan Jewish Experience)
You’re glued to the screen, surrounded by spicy hot wings and shouting friends. Maybe you have money on the game, maybe you don’t. One more
