Thursday May 28 LUNCH & LEARN with Rabbi Shalom Axelrod of YI Woodmere. Traditions Restaurant, 302 Central Ave, Lawrence. 12:30 to 1:30 pm. $12 lunch. 516-398-3094. Saturday May 30 OU … more

HOMESTEAD, Pa. — Homestead’s Jewish history is absent from the town’s dominant industrial narrative. For a young woman hoping to uncover it, 16 boxes of records at the Heinz History … more

After Sunday’s Celebrate Israel Parade along Fifth Avenue, many celebrants will head into Central Park for the 22nd annual Israel Day Concert. Pictured at last year’s event (front row … more

The very last verse in our parsha comes after the concluding and summarizing statement of the sacrifices of the princes. And it seems totally out of place. “When Moses came into the Ohel … more

There is a story about the Gadol Hador (one of the great rabbis of our generation,) Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zatza”l, Rosh Yeshiva of Her Etzion, who passed away last month. Rav Aharon came … more

The cemetery in Jerusalem’s Givat Shaul neighborhood was bathed in the fading sunlight of a late May afternoon. Silently and steadily, the column of mourners wound their way towards an open … more

Reports coming out of Ramadi, Iraq and Palmyra, Syria convey hundreds of dead and burned bodies littering streets and thousands of people displaced and on the run. Loss after loss, setback after … more

President Obama visited the friendly confines of Adas Israel Synagogue in Washington on Friday and delivered a speech meant to reach out to the Jewish community and other supporters of Israel. … more

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written my column (apologies for the reprints), but I was busy planning an aufruf, catering the Friday night dinner, working on the seating for the … more

After  we’ve celebrated Shavuot and commemorated our receiving of Torah, it’s worth remembering that it almost didn’t transpire. In tractate Shabbat 88b, many of the famous … more