Parenting is complicated. I remember how naive I was as a younger parent and less-experienced educator, thinking that it was simple—wondering how parents could do

The story that unfolds in this week’s haftarah is a seemingly simple one. Taken from the Book of Melachim II, the haftarah requires some background.

Educational research is often quite valuable. However, sometimes it seems to be a waste of time, energy and communal money. Every decade or so, “new”

The only source of knowledge is experience. – Albert Einstein A story is told about a reporter who was interviewing a successful bank president. He

“If I speak, I am condemned…If I stay silent, I am damned!” – Jean Valjean In this famous scene from Les Miserables, Valjean is faced

There we were watching a movie on Netflix when we decided to turn it off in order to watch the news. Help! Where’s the screen?

The day before Yom Ha’atzmaut, Daled Iyyar, was designated in 1951 as a memorial day for those who lost their lives in defense of Israel

In the weeks before Pesach, Jewish families around the globe are busy with the joyful but frenzied preparations for Yom Tov. Cleaning, cooking and Seder

Today we’re discussing the prevalent opinion that selfies are signaling the decline of civilization. We’re going to use a simple Q&A format, because the decline

There is a thirst for yedias Halacha, for knowledge of in-depth Halacha, in klal Yisrael that defies the imagination. Thousands of yungeleit, numerous entire kollelim,

Dr. Jerry and Esther Friedman of Teaneck, New Jersey and David and Reva Kracoff of Long Beach, California announce the engagement of their children Joseph

Temmy Gerson, daughter of Tova and Shai Gerson of Bergenfield, celebrated her bat mitzvah on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Lubavitch on the Palisades in