This July marked our family’s four-year Aliyah anniversary. Ironically, my husband and I spent it in the States, so it passed us by like a

It’s time to go back to school, although if you’re a student (especially one of my high school students), you probably don’t even know why.

My middle child, son #2, is leaving the nest to go to learn in Israel for the year. The school he picked is a pretty

While waiting on line (a real line, not online!) at Manor Shoe Repair to have a Power bag repaired for one of my engineers, a

For most students, the dog days of August are one final chance for summer traditions such as hitting the beach or visiting national parks with

May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h. Reading the Torah at Mincha when

Bagels, cream cheese and lox are a favorite treat for many Jews, especially at a seudat brit milah. Why, then, do many Sephardic Jews refrain

I have never been a fan of roller coasters, but many people enjoy the thrill and excitement. Recently we have heard of a number of

Parshat Ekev This week’s haftarah, the second of the “Seven Haftarot of Consolation,” is taken from chapters 49, 50 and 51 in Sefer Yish’ayahu. It

This is my third column in the Jewish Link on Aleinu. Two years ago, I wrote a column explaining that the original text in Aleinu

I have now been principal in two schools which, while both Modern Orthodox in denomination, had a student population from a wide range of Jewish

I don’t often get into theological debates with other people—for instance, arguments about God’s existence, or the nature of God, or Judaism’s veracity. It’s not