Every year, a number of DRS rebbeim travel to Israel to visit alumni studying in Israeli yeshivot for the year. Menahel Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky, Associate Principal Rabbi Elly Storch, Director of … more

Purim is indeed a serious holiday. Joyous, yes, but serious too. With that in mind, I bring to your attention the gifted author and lecturer, Rabbi Evan Hoffman, and his wonderful and learned … more

French President Macron, speaking tonight on the plague of anti-Semitism sweeping Europe: “There is something worse than an evil soul. It is a soul that has become accustomed to … more

Growing up, Joel Rubinfeld went with his parents to their downtown shul. The sermons were OK, he said, but the real clincher was the full-size ping-pong table at the Sephardic … more

The economic and political unrest in Venezuela has left the country’s Jewish community in a “wait and see” mode, as residents hope for an end to the political crisis that will … more

Michigan-based Shi’ite Imam Bassem Al-Sheraa says in a lecture uploaded to the YouTube channel of the Al-Zahraa Islamic Center in Detroit that the Jews … more

Vandalism and theft continue to plague Israeli farmers. Two weeks ago, beekeeper Yinon Arkin discovered that 20 of his hives had been destroyed three months before the honey was collected. The damage … more

The sounds of music and dancing filled the air at DRS Yeshiva High School’s 22nd annual Parent-Son Melave Malka. In an email to families, menahel Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky remarked that the … more

It was meant to be a diplomatic triumph for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: a much-touted diplomatic summit in Jerusalem on Monday with four Central European … more

Growing up, Heidi Fishman knew that she was alive thanks to her grandfather’s Paraguayan passport. A Jewish author from Vermont, she was told as a little girl that Heinz … more