The Jewish Link of New Jersey’s new column, Road to Aliyah, is devoted to local individuals and families who are making aliyah. Each aliyah story

The classic work “Chafetz Chaim” on the laws of lashon hara, damaging language, was written well over a century ago. In the intervening years, the

Praying for children, Isaac, we are told, does the beseeching on his wife’s behalf, or with her in mind. The Bible’s major lesson is how

This coming week marks the first birthday of Eliyahu Meir Sorotzkin. That name likely does not ring a bell, but it should. In just a

He became suspicious when he won at thumb wrestling. Ari had never beaten Shira at thumb wrestling. Never. Not once. Then he beat her twice

A recent article in a Jewish publication describes a memorial event open to the public which will end with what it describes as the “quintessential

The following was written in Cheshvan 5771/October 2010. It is with utmost gratitude to Hashem Yisborach that we announce and celebrate the birth of our

The term “gridlock” was unknown to us until Mordechai was stopped on the Northway between Montreal and Albany for speeding many years ago. After he

As the song goes, “Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match.” In “Fiddler on the Roof,” Tzeitel may have been singing about marriage, but today one

Do you remember the phrase “What’s Up?” You would see your friend in school and say, “Hey, what’s up?” If you wanted to be funny,

As a man, I don’t know a whole lot of colors. I know what ROY G. BIV stands for, though I have no idea what

November 9 is a day that we commemorate every year: the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass. We remember the pogrom against the