Yossi grew up in a musical house. His mother played accordion and used to sing with the kids every Shabbat. His grandfather on his father’s side was a ba’al tefillah. His grandfather’s brother w ...

It is not enough to read about it, even see pictures of it – in a book, in a video. Only when you are physically there and see it with your own eyes does it have the required effect.

Mindy, of course, had no idea Chani was busy struggling to process the idea that Effi Weinberg would be coming to town, wondering if he hated her and how she would react if their paths crossed.

What is the blessing that G-d bestows on us for keeping the mitzvot? It is that “tishme’u,” you will be able in the future to continue performing the mitzvot. There is a future to keeping mitzvo ...

Hamas often exploits children – waving white flags to mask ambushes on IDF soldiers and even being recruited as fighters at age 15. UNRWA’s education promotes hate of Jews and the Jewish State from ...

Ironically, it’s minority schoolchildren, whom teachers claim to care about, who have been the biggest losers.

There is a clear nexus between cell phone use and a decline in students’ mental health and academic success due to a decreased ability to focus, diminished social interaction and emotional stress, s ...

We will bentch Rosh Chodesh this Shabbat and announce the coming month – Rosh Chodesh Elul yihyeh machar b’yom Rishon uvyom ...

But there is a method to this madness. In order to be an “As a Jew” Jew, one must pass the moral superiority litmus test. This includes ignoring or barely focusing on the hostages. It means ignoring ...

Moshe Phillips, author, commentator, and veteran pro-Israel activist, is the national chairman of Americans For A Safe Israel (www.AFSI.org), a leading pro-Israel advocacy and education organization.

Rabbi Sender Haber is the rabbi of B'nai Israel Congregation in Norfolk, VA where he lives with his wife and four children. Since moving to Norfolk fourteen years ago as a founding member of the ...

Plainly, for that crowd, it is of no moment what the laws or tradition may require. What counts is whether the results work for you.