Question: I asked a friend who needs tefillot for her health, what her name is for such purposes, and she answered, “Shira bat Avraham Avinu.”

When we realize that the Jewish state is essentially a result of World War I, we much better understand the justice of our cause. Unfortunately,

Mark Twain said it most pithily: “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the

It is told that Rabbi Abraham J. Twersky, zt”l, once felt overwhelmed with his psychiatric practice. Over the course of his career, Rabbi Twersky handled

We are now entering the cycle of stories about our cherished forebears, Avraham and Sarah. These stories constitute some of the most identity-forming ones in

One Monday morning in December, I was a few minutes late to my ninth grade Vaad class. When I arrived, my students had rearranged the

The Past: We are a mere three years away from marking the 100th Anniversary of AMIT, formerly American Mizrachi Women. In 1927, a young woman

In July 1985, I got engaged. The plan was to get married in October 1987, or at least to begin the process to get married.

(Courtesy of Yashar LaChayal) On a cold wintry night in Israel, four soldiers are on patrol protecting the Israeli citizens as they sleep in their

(Courtesy of Teaneck Chamber of Commerce) At the recent Teaneck Chamber of Commerce’s Candidate Forum, Jennifer R. Glass and Larry Bauer announced the formation of

(Courtesy of Jewish Foundation for the Righteous) The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) in partnership with the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County

There are none. There is no way for me to adequately describe the overwhelming desperation and loneliness that I have felt in the past year.