The Oscar Goes To…
With all due respect to Dorothy Parker, "Girls who wear glasses, SHOULD get passes"
Deserving Of The Future World
Rav Chaim gave him wine to drink and sat him near the fire to thaw out. He then gave him a meal and prepared a bed for him to sleep in.
Cooking Pesach When You Don’t Want To
My husband enjoys cooking when he is home and my kids have been cooking and baking since the age of four.
Spring’s Hottest Trends
Pesach is also rapidly approaching and you might want to add some fresh pieces to your closet.
‘Not The Horse I Wanted’
In the most nightmarish days, my mother would tell us stories of Yerushalayim. “One day,” she kept telling us, “we will all be in Yerushalayim. There the trees grow candies. The sun always shines and Dovid HaMelech’s harp whispers in the wind.”
The Rubashkin Saga – XI
Rubashkin was treated like no other defendant ever arrested on illegal immigration violations. The federal prosecutors sent marshals to handcuff and shackle him as they led him past a phalanx of waiting photographers and TV crews
Sweeten To Taste
In life, we have all sorts of rationalizations for our behaviors – they will make our life, our experience, our homes better, more inviting, larger… but they do not. The “sweetness” is a lure that diminishes our life.
Gain An Embassy, Lose A Capital
Zionism does not want the Old City of Jerusalem. Trump understands that and now we are beginning to hear hints of his Peace Plan. What does his plan include? The internationalization of Jerusalem--We get the embassy and we lose Jerusalem, G-d forbid. That is the danger.
Mi K’Amcha Yisrael
It was so crowded and confusing that one father, who was there accompanying his eighteen-year-old daughter, was assigned the responsibility of determining everyone’s place on the queue and then seating them in that order.
Q & A: A Bar Mitzvah Boy And The Four Parshiyot (Part II)
Question: Is a bar mitzvah boy allowed to read the four parshiyot in shul on behalf of the congregation?
Elimelech Feldman
“You Don’t Owe!”
The following day, Mr. Metzger called Mr. Rubin. "I appreciate your honesty," he said. "However, I reviewed the records, and I'm certain there's no outstanding balance."
Who Are The Luckiest Jews, Blacks, And Latinos?
Despite the existence of anti-Semites and anti-Semitism in America
Time For Redemption
The Shaagas Aryeh explains that the Gemara that says that we will be redeemed in Nissan is referring to the set time for the geulah, which is in Nissan. However, Mashiach can actually come any month of the year, on any day.
I Met Nikki Haley At AIPAC
obvious takeaway from this week’s annual AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington D.C. is that Ambassador Nikki Haley is more of a superhero than Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman.
The Call
We can be good at many things, but what gives a life direction and meaning is a sense of mission, of something we are called on to do. That is the significance of the opening word of today’s parsha, Vayikra.
Vaccination Debate Rears Head Again
A most disturbing aspect to anti-vaccination groups is that debunked frauds and misinformation are routinely treated as fact.
Happy Pi Day!
The Jewish Press decided to join math lovers the world over in celebrating Pi Day, observed every year since 1988 on March 14.
New Jewish Press Policy On Anonymous Letters To The Editor
Should newspapers publish anonymous letters to the editor? For many years The Jewish Press has refused to do so, in line with standard industry...
Israel’s First General, A West Point Alumn
Marcus held a reserve commission as a field artillery officer, but because of his prominent legal career, he was persuaded to transfer to the JAG corps, where he became Judge Advocate of his Army National Guard unit (1940).
80 Minutes With Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett
At a pace of about once every two weeks, we thwart a specific terror attack somewhere in the world. So people tend to be thankful about that.
Academic And Social Skills Insights #4
Right now, I am at a loss. How can I help Leah be more comfortable and set those around her at ease? Otherwise, I’m worried that she will miss out on meeting her bashert!
Results Reveal Foolishness
When I first encountered the idea of omitting pictures of women, I could, grudgingly, understand the logic.