Why is so much of our liturgy and holy texts in Aramaic? When hearing a ketubah read aloud at a chuppah, we wonder why the

Parshat Lech Lecha The 40th perek of Sefer Yeshayahu, which opens with the words “Nachamu, Nachamu Ami,” is quite well-known to shul-goers as it is

We all know of him from his commentary on the Mishnah. But what about his biography? We would know very little of his life except

Imagine you’re a fly (or an iPad) on the wall in school right now. Here’s what you might see: Children with masks lining up for

We are all very familiar with many a bar mitzvah boy’s speech for this week’s parsha equating Avraham’s journey to the journey that the bar

A very wise woman, also a former neighbor and colleague, used to wish me a “gitten erev Shabbos” (a good pre-Shabbat) every Friday afternoon. If

Hidden Sparks shares guidance for schools reverting to virtual learning due to COVID precautions. (Courtesy of Hidden Sparks) With many of the region’s Jewish day

(Courtesy of Teach FL) Tuition woes, emergency fundraising, late payroll…sound familiar? Unfortunately, the struggle to stay afloat is a well-worn chapter in the chronicles of

(Courtesy of SAR) SAR is a mission-driven Modern Orthodox co-educational day school for students in nursery through 12th grade dedicated to fostering the development of

The first serious study of Jewish day schools in America was published by Professor Alvin Schiff, a”h, in 1966. He was a pioneer in this

This 6.5-mile moderate hike in the Black River County Park in Chester, New Jersey, traverses the wild and scenic gorge of the Black River, which

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