Capping a week of preparation that included a 10th grade pre-Shabbaton party, an 11th grade pre-Shabbaton cholent cookoff and more, the ruach at the annual Stella K. Abraham High School for … more

“Timely, realistic, and frightening” were the words that William Daroff, senior vice president for public policy and director of the Washington Office of the Jewish Federations of North … more

In his commentary on the Counting of the Omer, “The Siddur Illuminated By Chassidus, Shabbos” (Merkos/Kehot, 2015), Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, formerly of Cedarhurst, now of Jerusalem, teaches … more

In 2012, the Electronic Intifada, an online anti-Zionist media outlet that aggressively promotes the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, ran a lengthy article suggesting that … more

Two Democrats will face-off on Tuesday in a primary election for the seat vacated by Todd Kaminsky’s elevation to the state Senate. The primary winner — Long Beach City Councilman … more

When Israeli journalist Eylon Aslan-Levy logged onto his Twitter account in late August, he was shockingly confronted with superimposed images of his head peeking out of a crematoria … more

One of the highlights of this week’s parasha, Chayeh Sarah, is Abraham’s considered effort to find a proper wife for his beloved son, Isaac, from among the daughters of his birthplace. … more

Settlement expansion “may not be helpful” in achieving peace, the Trump administration said, its first pronouncement on an issue that has for decades confounded U.S.-Israel relations. … more

Our parasha, Terumah, contains the commandment to construct a holy place for the Master of the Universe, in this instance, the Mishkan (portable desert sanctuary): “And they shall make Me a … more

In 1941, hundreds of students from European yeshivos traveled to the Far East to escape Nazi persecution. Before reaching Shanghai, they temporarily settled in Kobe, on the Japanese island of Honshu. … more