Issue of May 29, 2009 / 6 Sivan 5769 Bat Mitzvah Bat Mitzvah of Racheli Dyckman (Kew Gardens Hills) - May 24, 2009 Engagement Engagement of Jenny (Yaffa) Kohanzadeh … more

A tribute on the Yahrtzeit of King David By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of May 29, 2009 / 6 Sivan 5769 In the introduction to his classic translation of the Psalms, Rabbi Avraham Davis stated … more

By Miriam Abraham Issue of May 29, 2009 / 6 Sivan 5769 The $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature was awarded to a 29-year-old immigrant from the former Soviet Union. Sana Krasnikov … more

Issue of May 29, 2009 / 6 Sivan 5769 Adoption To the Editor: OHEL welcomes your publication of the wonderful Ganz adoption story ( Mommy, am I adopted now? ; May 22, 2009). It is an … more

By Rabbi Avi Billet Issue of May 29, 2009 / 6 Sivan 5769 What significant moment from Jewish history is celebrated on Shavuot? The giving of the Torah, right? Wrong. Unlike other holidays … more

By Naomi Nachman aka The Aussie Gourmet Issue of May 29, 2009 / 6 Sivan 5769 I love anything to do with food. Cooking, baking, supermarket shopping, eating out –– anything at all –– … more

By Malka Eisenberg Issue of May 29, 2009 / 6 Sivan 5769 “Community leaders, rabbinic leaders, pediatricians, yeshiva principals and other[s] have requested a mental health … more

Issue of May 29, 2009 / 6 Sivan 5769 Helpful France weighed in on Jerusalem this week. “In France’s eyes, Jerusalem should, within the framework of a negotiated peace deal, become the capital … more

By Malka Eisenberg Issue of May 29, 2009 / 6 Sivan 5769 A somber, subdued group of over a hundred men and women gathered at The White Shul this week to hear Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg speak as … more

Translator of Siddur offers thoughts on prayer By Michael Orbach Issue of May 29, 2009 / 6 Sivan 5769 Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth, strode into the … more