The night grew pitch black as 20-year-old Taraneh Reyhanian, her brother Daryoush and her fellow runaways made their slow march through the desert towards Pakistan––towards

My business was up and running, the phone was ringing with people in need of my services and I was booking future appointments. All good

Part 22 (written 2004) (Continued from last week) A further responsibility, which I inherited from my predecessor, Mr. Fischmann, aside from the running of the

Pesach is over, and it’s time to start getting your kids back out to school. Or they can get themselves out. They should know how

Passover is over but, before we proceed with the rest of the year, a moment of reflection is in order. Speaking of order, the word

The other week I found myself crying over the simple act of making a sandwich. Omelette, cream cheese and tomato; normal enough. And yet there

(Courtesy of RZA and Mizrachi USA) This year’s Yom Ha’atzmaut (observed on April 19) marks the 70th anniversary of the State of Israel. In anticipation

(Courtesy of Touro College) In 1977, a Jewish couple from Lakewood, New Jersey learned that their pregnancy would lead to conjoined twin girls sharing a

May these words of Torah serve as a merit le’iluy nishmat Menachem Mendel Ben Harav Yoel David Balk, a”h. This week we learned Avoda Zara

What a fantastic Shabbat and fantastic presentation! Rav Baruch Gigi, the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion (Israel’s largest Yeshivat Hesder), served as scholar-in-residence at

There are various vegetables that Jews use for maror, the bitter herbs, at the Pesach Seder. Many use romaine lettuce, while some opt for the

Karpas: This word appears in the Tanach only one time, at Esther 1:6. There it means “fine fabric, linen.” In the Mishna, Tosefta and Talmud