Reviewing: “Unearthed: A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust” by Meryl Frank. Hachette Books. 2023.

(Courtesy of Yachad) On Sunday, April 30, a group of Jewish adults who are both Deaf and blind reunited in Teaneck after four years apart.

We’ve all been told that there’s no such thing as “real” magic. Of course, I’ve always readily agreed with that sentiment—that is, until this past

Part V (Courtesy of Haas & Zaltz) Creating an estate plan that includes a revocable trust, pour-over will, property power of attorney, health care power

The last time I checked this month’s secular calendar, I saw that May 6th was listed as “National Nurses Day,” and May 7th was listed

It is essential to recognize that anti-Zionism can be a form of antisemitism, and Israel has the right to exist. You can criticize a country’s

There is something very strange about the festival of Sukkot, of which our parsha is the primary source. On the one hand, it is the

Three months ago, on a cold February day, Governor Kathy Hochul proposed a budget that totaled $227 billion. Even that amount seems like a lot

The Israelites caught sight of the Egyptians advancing upon them. Terrified, the Israelites cried out to God, and they said to Moshe, “Was it for

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: During leining on Shabbat, I noticed dirt of some sort that distorted a letter of

שור אוֹ־כֶשֶׂב אוֹ־עֵז כִּי יִוָּלֵד וְהָיָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תַּחַת אִמּוֹ וּמִיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי וָהָלְאָה יֵרָצֶה לְקָרְבַּן אִשֶּׁה לַה’׃ “If a bull, a lamb or a goat

Sotah 28a and 47b “Well dressed, perfumed and unwashed,” is how the judge described the sharply dressed, articulate litigant who lied through his teeth. It