Passaic—In Clifton last month, 35 people came to show their gratitude for an innovative Alateen program for Orthodox teenagers, including participants, friends and family. Alateen

As someone who has protested outside the gates of the United Nations on several occasions, I find it astonishing to now witness some heartening developments

Doctor Zorkner’s office was not at all what Jonathan had expected. Most doctors’ waiting areas had generic plastic seats or a couch and a few

The Yeshivat Noam Annual Dinner, celebrating the bar mitzvah year of the school, was a record-breaking success raising over $635,000 for Jewish education. The night

When he joined the National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) this past August as its Executive Director, Rabbi Perry Tirschwell hit the ground running. With

One of the advantages of the clocks being moved ahead one hour in the Spring (did I say it’s Spring? Hah!) is the extra hour

When 12 year-old Reina Amar, daughter of Ahrona and Alain Amar of Teaneck, visited Israel for the first time this summer, she was taken by

We trained rigorously for months to build up our stamina and speed, and tapped all of our resources in Israel and at home to raise

Rabbi Hershel Schachter’s responsum concerning young women being permitted to wear tefillin in yeshiva schools is less troubling for its conclusion than it is for

Although I would otherwise be hesitant to address a critique by non-Orthodox rabbis of an halachic ruling and the halachic methodology of one of our

A young teacher (YT) is interviewing with an assistant principal (AP) for a job teaching Tanach: AP: Tell me, what do you believe are some

Bergenfield—Areyvut, a non-profit based in Bergenfield, just began its bat mitzvah year. Founded in 2002, Areyvut’s mission is to infuse the lives of Jewish youth