
OCTOBER IS ALL ABOUT BOOKS
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
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
Montreal—_DalaiLama has more than 7,000,000 Twitter followers. A smartphone app provides Muslim worshippers with a customizable prayer alarm and a compass that always points to
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
Rabbi Benjamin Yudin, longtime spiritual leader of Congregation Shomrei Torah in Fair Lawn, is now wearing a second hat: that of published author. His first