All kinds of uber-creative latke recipes appear around Chanukah-time: apple-parsnip latkes, sweet potato-leek latkes, sweet cheesy latkes, and savory cheese and chive latkes. But the truth is, … more

“Ein Torah K’Torat Eretz Yisroel!” HAFTR Judaic Studies Principal Rabbi Gedaliah Oppen traveled to Israel on a “Keeping the Kesher” mission with his HAFTR … more

Shalhevet Scholars who participate in the school’s Science Enrichment Program attended a lecture at Stern College given by Dr. Susan Gross, Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology … more

After discovering questions that never bothered me before, and using learning skills acquired in classes taught by the late Rabbi Mordechai Breuer, a new approach to the dreams that Yosef … more

2010 — One’s “never too old to begin,” trumpets the Star’s cover story about 91-year-old Harold Wohl who, having barely opened up a gemarah seven and a half years earlier, completed learning the entire Shas. more

According to a report in the Israeli newspaper Ha’arez, the Obama administration is considering sanctions against Israel because of its construction of homes in East Jerusalem. Be very … more

A folksy Mike Huckabee told several hundred enthusiastic supporters of the State of Israel on Sunday that the Jewish state has an “absolute right to exist as a secure, free and unfettered … more

Last month witnessed a steep uptick in the number and frequency of terrorist incidents in both Jerusalem and the country at large. These acts of terror are true to their title, terror, in terms … more

Jabalya. Anyone who has been there has no desire to go back. A nasty piece of real estate in the Gaza strip, Jabalya is a densely overpopulated refugee camp that is always waiting to explode, … more

Yaakov sends messengers to Eisav telling Eisav his story about having lived with Lavan and having amassed wealth. Perhaps Yaakov is indicating his intent to put the past behind them. “I am … more