Yosef is sworn to bury Yaakov in the land of Canaan at the very beginning of the Torah portion (47:29-30). After he blesses his sons and gives them his final messages, Yaakov instructs all of his … more

The Eldercare II, Achiezer conference drew people from all walks of life last Sunday evening: middle-aged children, doctors, Rabbonim, spouses; residents of New York City, … more

Kitah Bet students received their first Chumashim at a celebration in the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County’s Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School in West Hempstead. more

After Brandeis University student Khadijah Lynch tweeted her hatred for the New York Police Department, America, and the “Zionist” institution where she is getting an education, a … more

The population of Israel on the eve of 2015 stands at 8,296,000 residents, marking a two-percent increase over last year, according to the Jewish state’s Central Bureau of Statistics … more

Danish pastry is really French and was invented about 350 years ago (according to the Danish baker’s union) by a French apprentice baker named Claudius Gelee. He forgot to add the … more

Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees Yoni Chetboun spoke optimistically about Israel and its problems at the Great … more

As 2014 came to a close, Galil Mountain Winery’s Head Winemaker since 2006, Micha Vaadia, shared some of the year’s highlights. Vaadia previously worked at wineries in … more

Shock and tragedy. Those are the first two of so many words that follow when looking back at the murder of four rabbis on the 25th day of Cheshvan 5775: Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, Rabbi … more

My most distinct memory of Robert Wolfe was that day in October of 1999 when he stood in the dreary, grey rain outside a heretofore unknown archive in Sindelfingen, Germany, a suburb of … more