Summer is gone, and with Sukkoth and Simchat Torah over, happy and festive as they are, so is Indian Summer. As the days shorten and

Fall is a wonderful time for celebrating the arts, with theater parties, gallery openings and book parties (October is National Book Month). But if gathering

Kaddish, Women’s Voices, edited by Michal Smart and Barbara Ashkenas (Jerusalem and New York: Urim Publications, 2013) pp. 270, $27.95. Rabbi Norman Lammonce said that

Six days after Kristallnacht, Paul Carmack, staff cartoonist for the Christian Science Monitor, drew a cartoon titled “The Best Answer to Race Persecution.” It showed

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Exactly 849 years ago, the Rambam wrote a very important letter. That letter describes how he risked his life to come on a visit to

Englewood—Wearing a crisp blouse with a new skirt and jacket or a freshly cleaned suit of clothes to a job interview is always a smart

Teaneck—The Orthodox Union, in collaboration with STAJE (a communal organization seeking to help make the retirement-age years meaningful for  American Jews) and Congregation Bnai Yeshurun

In addition to his lasting contributions to science and government, the American founding father Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) also managed to posthumously influence Jewish thought and

The U.S. government is paralyzed, and we now face the possibility that the United States will default on its debt. Congress is unable to resolve

As a mother and a legislator, I know firsthand that quality education is invaluable. It is the greatest gift we give our children and the

From the first day you put your preschooler on the bus until the day he or she graduates from high school, communication with school is