The opening instruction in Parsha Emor — And G-d said to Moshe, “Say to the Kohanim, the sons of Aharon, and say to them, they should not become ‘tameh’ to people of the … more

As some of you may have intuitively observed based on my previous write-ups, I am a huge Israeli wine fan. At this point in my wine tasting journey, I felt it was time to try also wines from … more

The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency and the government’s national security adviser is in Washington this week on an important mission that has failed even before it … more

There’s an old adage of disputed authorship that has traveled down the centuries: In times of war, truth is the first casualty. As the English writer Samuel Johnson explained it in the 18th … more

How many times have our Jewish high school and university students been told Zionism is colonialism, and Jews are white oppressors who ethnically cleansed Palestine of Muslims? Too many. Our … more

The history of Jews in Portugal predates the country’s official founding in 1143, as Jews lived in the kingdom for millennia, even prior to the Roman Empire. The Jewish people have thrived in … more

When 1,200 Israelis posed nude at the Dead Sea for American art photographer Spencer Tunick in 2011, project initiator Ari Leon Fruchter hoped the eye-popping images would start a wave of activism to … more

HAFTR eighth graders completed a Girls’ Empowerment Program with Dr. Yali Werzberger, Dr. Bracha Kasirer and Ms. Naami Kosofsky. Students learned to celebrate their differences, about body … more

There was a sea of various shades of green in the halls of the Stella K. Abraham High School for GIrls on April 14, in recognition of and solidarity with Yom Hazikaron. The observance of … more

At the Shulamith School for Girls Middle School, students “visited” Israel on Yom Haatzmaut. A little rain didn’t stop the celebration which included a daglanut and a festival … more