Beginning about a month or so before Purim, every school pops the question: Shana Bet? Those outside of the seminary/yeshiva circles do not quite realize

Just a few days ago, I was a witness to terrorism first-hand. I was in an ice cream store in Jerusalem with a few friends

I never would have imagined that I would have to tear kriah again during the course of my year, having not been at the Kotel

And I thought Bergen County felt as Jewish as you can get… But nothing can compare to Eretz Yisrael during the chagim season. It was

“I stepped off the plane in Ben Gurion, Israel, The sun was shining brightly all the day. It was 1 p.m. on a summer Tuesday