The first aliyah of Vaera, this week’s parsha, Vaera, concludes with a superfluous statement, one that has already been: “G-d [then] spoke to [both] Moses and Aaron. He gave them … more

Our parasha, Vaera, contains the four instances in Chamisha Chumshei Torah (the Five Books of the Torah) wherein the phrases “l’ma’an teida” (“in order that you should … more

About a month ago, I wrote in this column about a group of British animal rights activists who employed Nazi imagery in a vicious campaign against a kosher abattoir (slaughterhouse) in London. This, … more

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan — After starving for months in Siberia, 5-year-old Natan Rom thought he was in paradise when he arrived in this colorful trading hub in Central Asia … more

Pass by Germany’s vast national memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe and you will see young visitors hopping from stone to stone, playing hide and seek, stopping for a smoke, taking selfies … more

Now that President Obama has been replaced by Donald Trump, those who served in the Israeli government can start to unburden themselves about the anti-Israel administration that left office last … more

An estimated 1,500 parents, grandparents, alumni and friends of Yeshiva Darchei Torah gathered on the yeshiva’s Far Rockaway campus on Sunday its 44th anniversary dinner. The event honored … more

Friday, Jan. 27, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz by Red Army troops in 1945. As Noah Lederman discovered, not all sites of the Shoah are … more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has yet to decide on when to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, its spokesman said on Monday. Press Secretary Sean Spicer, in his first Q&A with … more

Several hundred people celebrated the 32nd anniversary of Yeshiva Kesser Torah Rabbinical College of Queens at a malave malka in the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills on motzei Shabbos, Jan. 14. Rosh … more