Interviews and Profiles

Many women do regret their abortions, and it’s very rare for women to just go back to normal after having an abortion.

Tenufa Bakehila's purpose is two-fold: provide safe and healthy living conditions & empower families

Today she lives with her husband in Brooklyn and has finally found her comfort spot, religious-wise.

To foil his plan, the Jewish slaves who carried the menorah, upon crossing the Tiber River, threw it off the bridge, where it remains to this day buried in the muddy depths of the river.

Many years ago, an Arab called a friend of his. "They're after me, they want to kill me and my family. No one will help us. What can we do?" His friend, realizing the seriousness of the situation, quickly answered. "Come to my house. I'll keep you here until it's safe for you elsewhere." The Arab and his family lived with his friend for quite a while.

A fascinating mixture of history & adventure, explore The City of David on your next Jerusalem visit

Each one of us can and should contribute to the community.

Nestled in the picturesque village of Metullah in the hills of the Upper Galilee, hidden in the serpentine alleyways of the quaint cobble-stoned streets, is Zami's Music Box, Israel's only museum of musical instruments.

Jerusalem's Old City is amongst Israel’s most popular tourist sites and its beauty runs deep!

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.

I started reading and learning and collecting, and now I have over, I’d say, about 10,000 items – all kept very neatly in one room in my house. And to this day, all these years later, it’s still a thrill for me.

What about the Gemara that says you can squeeze out a cluster of grapes on Erev Shabbos and make Kiddush on Shabbos? They said that’s only if you didn’t treat the grape juice chemically to prevent it from fermenting.

When you write an English song, though, you’re really thinking of a theme or a message and the song almost becomes secondary.

Rav Yisrael Meir hoped to breathe some religious life into the spiritually-bereft settlement.

So what did it really feel like – back there in Canaan? The cast traveled to Eretz Bereishit, an activity center twenty minutes outside Jerusalem, to learn about that.

The question was: Would you support a two-state solution if it meant the conflict was completely over and no more claims could be made?

When seven year-old Ariel tearfully ran into the kitchen complaining of pain it was his younger brother Shalom who came to the rescue. "Should I get you something to learn so you will feel better?" asked the six year old?

A rabbi from the area, although not from Tenafly, was brought in to explain what an eruv is about and to entertain questions. This attempt at enlightenment backfired because, for starters, he was not from Tenafly. But this time instead of ignoring him, he was misunderstood.

She had many names and was many things to many people, but to me she was just Babineni.

People thought of her as this soft America girl. So she worked harder than anybody on the kibbutz – until her hands were rough and practically bleeding – to show her dedication.

We want to bring Jewish female artists and audiences together.

9/11 survivor and author Ari Schonbrun has shared his inspiring story with people across the globe.

HUC-JIR’s Cohen said that Israel is generally not a major factor in most Jews’ voting decisions because “each political perspective sees its candidate as doing right by Israel.”

He put on tefillin every day. He was rarely absent from shul. He ate only kosher. But during the busy season in the garment industry, this Bronx Jew who grew up in the first half of the 20th century worked on Shabbat. Can such a person be considered an Orthodox Jew?

By adding 3 billion shekels a year to the healthcare system over the next five years, Israel could prevent the medical crisis that could develop if warning signs are not addressed now.

It started at the young age of 12 when I became associated with one of the leading rabbis of the last 100 years, Rav Avigdor Miller. He was a genius in human relations and I sucked up as much knowledge as I could learn from him.

It can get exhausting sometimes when you sit in the Security Council for eight hours and one after another the other representatives get up and speak against us.

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

Since 1986, we’ve been working to uncover the ancient site of the City of David via archeological digs in conjunction with the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Bris Avrohom has reached scores of Russian immigrants and their families through their centers in Hillside/Elizabeth, Jersey City, and Fair Lawn.