The Jewish calendar is the only calendar that has two days of New Year in every year! The first one is Rosh Hashana (Alef Tishrei),

Parshat Vayikra This opening parsha of Sefer Vayikra serves as a logical continuation of the final parshiyot of Sefer Shmot that we read last week.

When we begin the book of Vayikra we read of all the types of sacrifices that were offered on the altar to God. There were

“If you didn’t have a value for the y-intercept but you had a point, could you still generate the equation of the function?” (Seventh-grade student

(This article first appeared in the spring edition of Hayidiyon and is reprinted with permission.) I enjoy TED Talks. I find them both inspiring and

Do you want to build a log cabin? Interested in honing your basketball skills under the tutelage of an Israeli pro basketball player? Is mountain

Planning for Pesach when you have a child with special needs takes preparation. The feelings leading up to Pesach—or any family and holiday meal—can bring

Jews everywhere celebrate Pesach with the same familiar traditions. But you’d be surprised how many regional traditions there are. While we are joined by a

The Slow Movement is gaining momentum (!) It was sparked in 1986 by Carlo Petrini, the Slow Food gourmet, by his protest against the opening

The background to the late 19th-century Jewish settlements in Israel was a wave of pogroms in Russia in 1881. This made most of Russian Jewry

“Our whole philosophy became ‘let’s take most of the money we would’ve spent on paid advertising and paid marketing and instead of spending it on

We know that most think we are crazy, but the idea of not making Pesach for a crowd still does not resonate well with us.