Here it was, the sixth session of the class which was using the book of Genesis as a source for studying the nature of leadership. It was proving not to be the kind of class in which the teacher lectured and the students listened passively. Rather, it was more like a discussion group in which everyone participated.

Everyone, that is, except for Hillel. In my

Red Lentil Soup *

Time: 45 minutes

3 tablespoons olive oil, more for drizzling

1 large onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 tablespoon tomato paste

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, more to taste

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Pinch of ground chili powder or cayenne, more to

Consider the following conversation between a Rabbi and a Ba’al Teshuva:

Rabbi: So what can I do for you?

BT: I’ve been struggling lately with tefillah, and I’d like your advice.

Rabbi: Go ahead, I’m listening.

BT: Well, the first issue is the length of davening. I tend to lose momentum way before the

I remember the Te­hil­lim assemblies quite vividly. It was almost exactly 19 years ago, I was a senior in high school and our principal called all of us to the Beit Knesset to describe what had just occurred in Israel; a young Israeli soldier, Nachshon Wachsman, had just been captured by Hamas and they were demanding the release of several hundred prisoners in

I read the story quite some time ago. It was told by a young woman who boarded an airplane early one winter Friday morning. She was on her way to Chicago from New York to spend a weekend there with friends.

She made herself comfortable in her seat, prepared some reading material, and was confident that the plane would take off more or less on time and that she

Paramus—I have lived in Bergen County for 42 years and I have been active in my synagogue, community affairs, UJA and several day schools. One of my earliest jobs was in 1961 as the first youth director of the nascent B’nai Yeshurun in a small house on West Englewood Avenue.

I have observed this community for a long time. I have been a day school principal,

Last May, a New Hampshire school board voted to encourage teachers to celebrate only one “group” birthday a month. The motivation behind the decision was the board’s concern over children consuming unhealthy, sugary foods during school hours. The district’s consultant dietician explained, “If there were three birthdays in a week, a student could have cupcakes

Since 1996, nobody knew it more than the New York Yankees: “You gotta’ go to Mo!”

The Yankees knew that if they could hold a lead until the eighth inning they could bring in the Sand-Man to throw his wily cutter and shut down the opposition and score another victory.

After announcing that this would be his final season, Mariano, a deeply religious

Paramus—“How can we help our students stay connected?” That was a critical curricular question that Rav Tomer Ronen, Rosh HaYeshivaof Ben Porat Yosef, and his staff pondered last summer while preparing for this school year. They hired a director of educational technology, a one-to-one iPad program had been implemented, and there were Smartboards in all

Esther checked her reflection in the rear view mirror as she and Len drove away from the Broadway Central Hotel. The makeup that had been applied so carefully just a few hours before the wedding had faded and her carefully arranged hair looked limp, but she didn’t care. She had enjoyed the wedding of her dreams. Finally, after two years of dating, she and Len were

The announcement of Marvin Glick of Malden, Massachusetts and Nina Stroock of Jericho, Long Island’s wedding was printed in the New York Timeson Monday, April 5 ^th, 1965. It was the day after the wedding took place.

Upon looking back at the simchaand the days (years) preceding it, we wonder at how something which was once

Is money is flying out your pocket with your wedding plans?  Despair not. With a glue gun and crafty tools, glamorize your wedding with a personal touch while saving money.

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