It’s A Small World, After All

Sherman gives 10-20% of her profits from jewelry sales to Greater Vail Community ReSources, which she helped start near her home in Tucson, AZ, in 2016. It runs the local food bank, among other things.

Fixing Israel’s PR Problems, One Leader At A Time

I've had many jobs in my lifetime, and this is the one that I feel the most satisfied about.

‘A Match Made In Heaven’

What do you say to someone who is literally giving you your life back?

From The Trailer Park To The Shabbos Park: One Woman’s Journey To Her Religious...

Despite not having any religious identity, Mrs. Teitler recalls that she and her younger sister were both beaten up at the trailer parks where they lived for being Jewish.

Gold In Your Closet?

A few weeks ago, one of my adorable daughters turned me on to an entirely new concept: selling the clothing I never wear online.

Hella Schuepper Rufeisen: Holocaust Heroine

Her walk and appearance exuded so much confidence that hardly anyone suspected she was anything other than what she pretended.

Dear Dr. Yael

I so wish my husband respected and appreciated me for what I do...

Smorgasbord Orthodoxy?

Why does Chani have a lollipop in her mouth? I told you not to give her another one!

Love Of Fellow Jews

He was so persuasive that he managed to convince the landlord. The prisoner was ordered freed.

Tefillah: A Meeting With Hashem – Don’t Miss Out

A slave must fulfill his master's command without cutting any corners.

22 Men Arrested: A Blessing For The Community

Proper investigation also involves knowing how to conduct a professional interview with the person traumatized by abuse.

Falling, But Never Fallen

When we improve our shemiras Shabbos, we are taking steps to bring redemption and Moshiach closer.

Taking The Law Into One’s Own Hands (Siman 75:13) – Continued from last week

In this case, if the defendant had wanted to lie, he could have – instead of admitting he snatched it and explaining that it was stolen from him – simply denied that he snatched it altogether.

Systems Of Human Perfection

Hashem imprinted into the essence of each animal all the instincts necessary for its survival as well as for the continuation of its species.

Daf Yomi

At First Glance ‘While You Were Feasting On The Dates Of Babylon…’ (Baba Basra 107b)

Q & A: Do Women Count The Omer?

Question: Are women supposed to count Sefirat HaOmer? S. Feldman

The Jewish State

We are in Eretz Yisrael before the building of the Beis Hamikdash. Why are we repeating the same mistake three thousand years later?

Trying To Make Sense Of The Sebastian Gorka Dispute

I have never met Gorka, have never spoken with him, and can’t say I’m hugely familiar with his work. That said, there is very little evidence out there justifying the accusation of anti-Semitism.

Pool Barrier

The contractor warned me that the local safety code requires a barrier around the pool. He's supposed to come in two weeks to install it.

Is One Required To Live In Israel? (Bava Batra 91a)

Although it is preferable to live in Israel, there is no obligation to go. However, once you live in Israel, there is an obligation not to leave.

How Two New York Rabbis Responded To The 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial

In the 1920s, a new breed of Orthodox Jewish Americans set a two-fold goal: to “rebuke and repudiate the reformers” and “to deal effectively and happily with the great task” of Americanization by forging a distinctly American form of Orthodox Judaism.

Diego Rivera’s Jewish Roots And The Rosenberg Case

My Jewishness is the dominant element in my life. From this has come my sympathy with the downtrodden masses which motivates all my work.

The Early Day School Movement In America

The development of the Jewish day school in the United States, before the beginning of the modern Jewish day school movement, was sporadic and uneven.

Refusing To Win

The way to 'end' the Six-Day War is to annex all the territory won. It is possible. There really is no demographic problem and there is no problem with international relations. The entire problem is in our heads.

‘For Rav Hirsch, All Mankind Is Precious To God’: An Interview With Rabbi Dr....

For Rav Hirsch, when Hakadosh Baruch Hu chose Klal Yisrael to be the am segulah, He was not rejecting the rest of mankind.

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