When 12-year-old Max Levin was looking for a meaningful way to celebrate his upcoming bar mitzvah in 2006, he embarked on a project in Israel that created a link between today’s teens and their … more

As I finished my last article, I was about to board a plane to Israel for a quick trip and return home two days before Pesach, a whirlwind five days in Israel with my husband Jerry’s son and … more

This week and next week, the Torah portion begins with the phrase “yom ha shmini,” referring to an eighth day. In this week’s parsha Shemini, the reference is to the eighth day of … more

It’s hard to see fellow Jews advocate for the end of Israel. Harder yet to see such claims dishonestly veiled as Zionism and being “pro-Israel.” Yet, J Street advisory council … more

As the lush spring color is pushing through the ground, bursting all around us, seemingly meeting endless horizons of azure skies, these moments poised for renewal feel muted by an unsaid yet … more

As expected, the Obama administration is having a hard time selling the American public on the feeble understanding — it’s not a “deal,” since nothing was signed — that … more

Gourmet Glatt, one of three kosher mega-supermarkets in the Five Towns, will open a satellite store in the site of the much smaller Key Food supermarket on Railroad Avenue in Woodmere. And Seasons … more

Under the grey skies of Poland, the Legacy group of 80 girls walked down the streets of history, revisiting the site where our ancestors fell, viewing buildings in famous photographs and seeing … more

Eighteen HAFTR students have returned from the mission to Poland and Germany that included visits to machanot hashmada (concentration camps) and mekomot hakedoshim (resting places of the … more

From the book “The Koren Machzor for Yom HaAtzma’ut and Yom Yerushlayim,” edited by Rabbi Reuven Ziegler, we will see an example of poetry as a motivating force for Jewish … more