DRS hosted nearly 130 prospective applicants from 15 elementary schools for a chance to experience life as a DRS student. Eighth-graders from YCQ, HANC, Har Torah, South Shore, Yeshiva Ketana, HAFTR, … more

Like countless Jewish children in Europe, Toni Pinya was routinely subjected at school to anti-Semitic bullying. Growing up in the 1960s on this island south of … more

There is much that the Torah leaves to our imagination. Regular students of the weekly Torah portion soon become convinced that the narratives they read each week are deliberately abbreviated, as … more

The old joke about academia is that the arguments in the faculty lounges are so nasty because the stakes involved are so small. That’s often true about most things that go on in the narrow … more

A Passover-themed work of public art produced by a Jewish arts and cultural organization here was named one of the country’s top 50 public arts installations by a leading arts and education … more

As a kid in Hebrew school, I learned that my classmates would have apples and honey and round challah at Rosh Hashana, and that was pretty much it when it came to their food traditions. But at home … more

The first youth Magen David Adom volunteer course for members of the ultra-Orthodox sector was recently completed at MDA’s Yavniel station. Fifteen Yavniel teens, 15 and 16, have now joined MDA … more

The coronavirus pandemic has done something that no war, natural disaster or other calamity has been able to do for more than 50 years: It’s put a stop to stage performances of “Fiddler … more

Ninety-year-old Irving Liebowitz isn’t exactly fond of change. In fact, the few times he’s endured it was only because life gave him little … more

One afternoon during the second Intifada, our unit responded to heavy gunfire coming from El Khader, one of the Arab villages along … more