Twenty-seven year old Qes Efraim Zion-Lawi, the first Israeli-born qes (traditional Ethiopian Jewish religious leader), will visit the Jewish community of Rhode Island during the

As we suffered through another in a never-ending series of snowstorms here in northeast New Jersey, I was reminded that we just celebrated the 45th

Mazel tov to Eliana Gur-Aryeh on her 12th birthday and bat mitzvah!  Mazal tov to her parents Allyson and Shoval and to her sister Kayla! 

Teaneck—It makes sense that Judy Heicklen, President of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA), was initially trained as a CPA because her words and deeds

Riverdale—This season the National Yiddish-Folksbiene is concentrating on Purim with the return of The Megile of Itzik Manger and an evening of Purim Shpils, free

I have always valued Tel Aviv’s importance as Israel’s largest economic hub and as a leading center for medicine and education. I also appreciate its

It was quite a few years ago that I spent almost every Sunday afternoon in one of the great museums of the city in which

In case you didn’t hear, an Orthodox high school in New York permitted two girls to wear tefillin at school (this also happens to be

Jewish biblical exegesis operates on multiple levels. Rashi, who nearly a millennium later remains the most influential exegete, employed two methods of interpretation: Peshat, which

Shemot: 35:5 Rabbi Chezky Markovitz knew that second grade was not where he was meant to be. True, he had just finished his smicha program

There are many types of people in this world. There are nice ones, not nice ones, and ones that pretend to be nice, but really

A celebration was hosted at Emunah’s Bet Elezraki Children’s Home for At-Risk Children in Netanya in honor of our daughter, Racheli Schachter’s bat mitzvah. Racheli