TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — As a new immigrant with little savings and no guaranteed income, Mikhail Davidov had no hope of getting a mortgage to buy the $900,000 house in Queens that he now calls … more

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s super-mensch! More than a dozen Jewish comic book artists will converge at Congregation Kol Israel, a Modern Orthodox shul in Crown Heights, on … more

In a newly released sequel to the Torah teachings of Rabbi Herbert Bomzer, zt”l, a volume titled “Keter Harachzav,” by his grandson, Aryeh Sklar, we learn of Rabbi Bomzer’s … more

Women of the Jewish Resistance during World War II helped save fellow Jews from being massacred by the Nazis. They enabled some to find a way out of Europe and find safety in Israel. They did what … more

The Torah reading on the first day of Rosh Hashana began at the point when Sara is remembered. The Talmud tells us in several places that Sara and Rachel and Chana were all remembered on Rosh … more

I was recently given a copy of Dr. Hagi ben Artzi’s book on the Six Day War, Megillat Sheshet Hayamim, based on the IDF’s post-war analysis. It contained the following fascinating … more

Residents of Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania’s capital, had their pick of two events to mark the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust held this year on Sept. 23, their country’s official Shoah … more

Our haftarah, for parsah Vayelech, contains the famous declaration of the prophet Hoshea, “Return, O Israel, unto the L-rd your G-d (“Shuvah Yisrael od Hashem Elokecha”), for you … more

Sonya Loya never felt Catholic; it was Judaism she was drawn to.  In the 1990s, the New Mexico-native, while in her late 30s, discovered her family’s hidden secret … more

Even as a teenager, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wasn’t afraid to speak her mind. The jurist penned an essay in her synagogue bulletin as a 13-year-old, urging congregants to … more