The Young Israel of Woodmere Sisterhood hosted cookbook author Susie Fishbein on March 2. Fishbein entertained with a cooking demonstration and three-course tasting of recipes from her new book, … more

Our parasha contains the sole instance in the Tanach of the expression, “He took and placed (va’yikach va’yitan) the testimony into the ark” (Shemot 40:20). Rashi explained … more

The Torah tells us that Moshe was given an instruction that “On the day of the first month, on the first day, you shall erect the Communion Tent Tabernacle.” (40:2). This was fulfilled in … more

When Asher Willner, a senior at Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles (YULA), started a senior year engineering project in his father’s optical communica-tions laboratory at the … more

Yesterday I accompanied my daughter for a bridal gown fitting. It was her third appointment; during it, she tried on the muslin. A muslin, made from inexpensive fabric, is used to test the … more

While 11 states were voting during last week’s “Super Tuesday” primaries, I was braving the New Jersey Turnpike en route to CPAC, the annual Conservative Political Action … more

To the 150 or so Jewish households on Galveston Island in Texas, Congregation Beth Jacob is akin to a national treasure.  “We are our building, our building is us,” says Gary … more

Years ago, when Debra Blank was teaching rabbinical students at the Jewish Theological Seminary, she noticed many of them used ArtScroll prayer books,” an article in the Forward noted last … more

While the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is no stranger to making headlines, a brewing spat between the Israeli government and foreign media means that the headlines themselves — and the … more

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose election victory over Stephen Harper last year ended nearly a decade of Conservative party rule in Canada, recently made a significant pro-Israel policy … more