Students, alumnae and mothers gathered at Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls last Sunday for a morning of learning. SKA Director of Student Programming Elisheva Kaminetsky is pictured with two … more

Rabbi Avraham Moshe Heller, a third grade rebbi at Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, teaches his students about the various types of shofars used by Jews around the world. more

Girls from the Shulamith Middle Division in Cedarhurst enjoy the year’s first school-wide trip, last week, taking to the ice at the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn. more

Before the most dramatic episode of her professional life became a movie, Deborah Lipstadt had some work to do. No, she didn’t have to make last-minute changes to the script or take a crash … more

In his forthcoming book “The New Philistines,” Wall Street Journal correspondent Sohrab Ahmari devotes a few paragraphs to a symposium on art and identity convened by the radical … more

Holocaust survivor Marlit Wendel shared her incredible story with my students … more

There are at least two reasons why Parshat Nitzavim is read before Rosh Hashana. First, it talks about teshuvah (repentance) (Biur Halacha 428: “9 Av”). Second, it serves as a buffer … more

Our parasha, Nitzavim, contains a celebrated narrative passage that focuses upon the concept of teshuvah (repentance): “And you will return to the L-rd, your G-d (v’shavta od Hashem … more

Prime Minister Netanyahu caused quite a stir when he attended a performance of “Hamilton” in New York on Saturday night. The average Broadway audience doesn’t start cheering and … more

Rabbi Notik was on his way to blow the shofar on a Friday evening in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi when six men armed with knives intercepted him on a dark street … more