Those who lament a recent incident in which a kippa-wearing Jewish boy in Turin, Italy was told by his classmates that, in an earlier era, he would have been burned, are no doubt kindhearted … more

On June 7, 1967, during Israel’s Six-Day War, Israeli Defense Forces Commander Mordechai Gur led the breakthrough in Jordanian defenses in Jerusalem and excitedly proclaimed: “The Temple … more

In common with many people who spent their childhood in the 1970s, I loved Roald Dahl’s novels for children, especially “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Of course, as a … more

This Shabbat we read parshiot Tetzaveh and Zachor. According to the Shulchan Aruch, Orech Chaim, the public reading of Parashat Zachor enables us to fulfill two of the three Taryag (613) commandments … more

It was known as shavua tirgolot, the week of training drills. It sounded pretty innocuous, but as it turned out, it was a week of hell. The IDF prides itself on being prepared for any eventuality, … more

If you have raised a child, you have had this experience. Your little boy or girl came home from school with a sample of his or her artwork. To you it just looked like a hodge-podge of scribbles, … more

Beethoven rose each morning at dawn and made himself coffee. He was fastidious about this: each cup had to be made with exactly 60 beans, which he counted out each time. He would then sit at his desk … more

A rabbi on his way to board a connecting flight at Jordan’s main airport had the straps of his tefillin cut by security guards who called them a security threat, he said Thursday. It was the … more

This should be a fun-filled, over-the-top Purim, exactly three years since the coronavirus turned our world upside-down. The holiday, on the 14th of Adar, begins Monday evening, March 6. In the … more

In a study published in the Journal of Travel Research last year, scholars from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that a visit to the Illinois Holocaust Museum … more