(Courtesy of Touro College) In 1977, a Jewish couple from Lakewood, New Jersey learned that their pregnancy would lead to conjoined twin girls sharing a

May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel Ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h. This week we learned Avoda Zara

What a fantastic Shabbat and fantastic presentation! Rav Baruch Gigi, the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion (Israel’s largest Yeshivat Hesder), served as scholar-in-residence at

There are various vegetables that Jews use for maror, the bitter herbs, at the Pesach Seder. Many use romaine lettuce, while some opt for the

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Reviewing: “Illuminating Jewish Thought:­ Explorations of Free Will, the Afterlife, and the Messianic Era.” By Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank. Maggid; Koren Publishers Jerusalem. Hardcover. 2018. Hebrew/English.

As Israel prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary, the Lookstein Center, a division of Bar-Ilan University, in collaboration with the Avi Chai Foundation, has introduced

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I am not a big user or a big fan of social media. When last week’s big Facebook story broke, that the data of 50

We love Pesach. The memories that we have of everyone visiting with us will never be forgotten. We hope that our grandchildren will also always