Reviewing: “These Purim Days: A Philatelic Book of Esther,” by Moshe Rimer with translation by David Dubin; Society of Israeli Philatelists, 2018. Have you ever

1. “Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel” by Matti Friedman, 2019. This winner of the 2018 Natan Book Award follows

On a daily basis, I encounter children and young adults who experience frustration with school work. Several of my older students bring to a session

As I was driving back from visiting the Jewish inmates at the Bergen County Jail, a quote by King Solomon came to mind. “It is

Oh no! Another year and COVID isn’t over yet? OMG, how are we going to survive and make the Seder fun with COVID still here

Just two weeks ago was the one of a kind annual Jerusalem—and it was Team HASC’s most successful showing yet. Almost 300 runners came from

(Courtesy of Black Box Studios) Back for another year and with a new take on the Great Depression, the Ma’ayanot Drama Society, in partnership with

You would be hard pressed to find a family lawyer in the State of New Jersey who is opposed to mediation. Over the past decade,

Part 2 (continued from last week) I include here a picture of Chazan Frankel during candle lighting on Chanukah. It reminds me of my youth,

Dear Mordechai, My boys killed my couches. What should I do? Should I replace them? Yes, definitely. Maybe replace them with girls. They don’t ruin

Most synagogues have a rabbi but only some have an official, full-time chazzan. Those that do often struggle with clearly defining congregational expectations regarding the

Part III Haglah (2:6): exiled, caused to go away, from the root G-L-H. This root has two different meanings: “uncover/reveal” and “go away/emigrate.” An interesting