The need for continuous and inspired parent-child dialogue is about as deep a Jewish value as you will find. For millennia, we have used such

New Jersey Turtle Back Zoo See animals from all over the world, including giraffes, kangaroos, penguins, Komodo dragons, ostriches, bald eagles and sea lions. Included

Anyone who has ever read any of our columns or spoken with us knows how much we love Montreal and the wonderful life that we

It can be said that all of Jewish education is in essence sacred training inasmuch as we are preparing our children for a life of

“Hand In Hand,” a picture book published by Apples & Honey Press, written by Andria Rosenbaum with illustrations by Maya Shleifer, tells the story of

Reviewing: “The Lost Library: The Legacy of Vilna’s Strashun Library in the Aftermath of the Holocaust” by Dan Rabinowitz. The Tauber Institute Series for the

Part 3 (continued from last week) In an April 20, 1906, article for the English Jewish Chronicle, Herbert Loewe provides an eyewitness account of an

Part 5 (continued from last week) He was moser nefesh (devoted) at the amud. On a particularly hot day, I once asked him what he

Part II Last time, we discussed the Honeywell Total Connect Comfort Smart thermostat, which does not pose any Shabbat issues, and contrasted it to the

The grass is always greener, isn’t it? When I was a kid, I always wondered how the whole children-hiding-the-afikoman minhag is even fair. The father

With the Passover seder comes a wonderful tradition involving the hiding and finding of the Afikoman. It is the Jewish version of hide-and-go-seek, a fun

Shabbat HaGadol/Parshat Metzora Over the years, we have struggled to understand why this selection from the navi Malachi, the very final words of the last