Eric Wietschner and brothers Daniel and David Soffer are yeshiva high school students from Woodmere and avid sports fans. They were also ballpersons at the U.S. Open, creating a kiddush Hashem by respectfully maintaining their religious standards at the world-class event staged in Flushing Meadows last week. 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

A milestone at the North Shore Hebrew Academy Middle School will be reached when 20 students, both Ashkenazic and Sephardic, will read Megillat Esther for their schoolmates and faculty on Purim day, … more

A new trustee was elected to the Lawrence Board of Education on Tuesday. Heshy Blachorsky defeated Asher Matathias, 1,281 to 407, to fill a seat filled for the last nine years by Uri Kaufman, … more

The concept of the Jewish people being Hashem’s am segulah is first introduced in Sefer Shemot 19:5: “And now, if you obey Me and keep My covenant, you shall be to Me a treasure out of … more

The Talmud tells us that when Yosef was confronted by the temptress, his master Potiphar’s wife, he was able to control himself and overcome her advances because he saw his father … more

Students of Shulamith School for Girls had the time of their lives last week, as they engaged in some serious hands-on learning!  Under the guidance of Steven Frankel, of Hamidrasha … more

As both the holiest site in Judaism and home to a 1,400-year-old mosque, Jerusalem’s Temple Mount compound is a natural flashpoint of Jewish-Muslim tension. But the conflict over the holy site … more

This past Shabbat, my husband Jerry and I were invited to shalosh seudos at our friends, Howie and Meira Lasky, along with the Goldsmiths, Hacks and Markowitzs. Out of the ten at the table, six had … more

Rabbi Mordechai Finkelman, mashgiach ruchani, Yeshiva Ohr Hachaim, Kew Gardens Hills, spoke to the JHS students at Yeshiva of Central Queens about the gift of yeshivah. … more