The commemoration of Yom Hashoah, the official day of remembrance of the holocaust is marked with numerous lectures and films. The HAFTR high school in Cedarhurst is marking the day with the production of Irena’s Vow, a play written by Dan Gordon on the real-life Irena Gut Opdyke, a Polish Catholic housekeeper who rescued 13 Jews during the Second World War. more

What was sparked as a childhood dream has blazed into history as the Lakeview Fire Department welcomes its first Orthodox Jewish fire chief. more

The setting was a Manhattan law firm boardroom, everyone wore their best suits, and a Trump helped decide the outcome. But the six Rambam Mesivta students were not seeking to become apprentices, they were judged for their leadership. more

In the listing of ingredients for the proper pursuit of holiness, the Torah puts reverence of one's parents and the observance of the Sabbath at the fore front, on just about an equal footing. more

As one of the few Jews willing to admit to being politically conservative, I get asked the same question all the time, “How you can be both politically conservative and a Jew?” Most of the questioners are either liberal Jews who consider me something of a heretic, or a fellow conservative surprised to see the rare Jew within their ranks. more

My grandmother, Mania Schatz, deserves to win the Grandparents Award to recognize the hardships and accomplishments in her life. When she was a little girl, life in her community in Poland started off normally until the Holocaust began. My Grandma hid in a forest with her cousins and uncles. They stayed underneath trees and wood, and made fires to keep warm. She had to beg for food, but had to remain hidden or everyone would be killed. more

Let me introduce you to my Zaidy. He brought up nine children and has five grandchildren. I am the second oldest of his grandchildren. My Zaidy is kind to everyone he meets and is my role model for being a “mentch.” more

Since the time of Avraham the first Jew, Kashrus has been on the minds and in the mouths of Jewish people. The contemporary proliferation of religious dietary observance has not gone unnoticed by the food industry at large. more

This past Shabbat marked the end of the Choref Zman, the Yeshiva Winter Block. It was a Shabbat filled with feelings of accomplishment but also sadness that such a marvelous chapter in our lives was coming to an end. We sat in our Beit Midrash for Seudat Shlishit as the sun made its way slowly behin more

Recently, there was an Internet video that became so popular it was shown on television news. It showed an overweight, bullied child who for the first time in his life fought back. This video touched me greatly because, while growing up, I was that fat kid who was bullied every day until I fought back (with a little help from my mom.) more