One of the most charismatic young rabbis in education today is Rabbi Aryeh Cohen, the Mashgiach Ruchani at the DRS High School in Woodmere. Rabbi Cohen has assembled in book form (“From The … more

Many years ago, at a melaveh malka in Har Nof in the Bostoner Beis Medrash, I heard a wonderful story from Rav Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, the Bostoner Rebbe. It seems that after Reb Yissachar, the … more

For security personnel who guard the strategically significant Route 443, one of only two highways connecting Jerusalem to the coastal plain along Israel’s Mediterranean coast, the difference … more

Following the recent loss of Rabbi Raphael Pelcovitz z”tl, I asked Rabbi Dr. Shnayer Leiman, who knew Rav Pelcovitz for many years, to share his thoughts with us. Rabbi Leiman, author of … more

On the occasion of the Jewish state’s 70th anniversary, the Israeli embassy in Washington, in partnership with the JNS news service, celebrates 70 of the greatest American contributors to the … more

Chessed and fun fill each day at HALB’s Avnet Country Day School. At left, campers participated in a special car wash to benefit Tomchei Shabbos Yad Yeshaya of the Five Towns. In center, … more

A required lecture for University of Michigan art students featured a speaker who compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler. A slide that showed a picture of Netanyahu and … more

Since President Trump announced that the US would recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, political pundits of both parties have claimed to understand the rationale behind Trump … more

Germany’s “anti-Semitism czar” Felix Klein created an international stir after stating on May 25 that Jews would be ill-advised to wear a kippah “everywhere and … more

The American Committee for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem has selected Dr. Howard Zvi Goldschmidt as its new president, succeeding Debbie Kestenbaum. Shaare Zedek has been an important … more