יום שישי, י״ח תמוז תשפ״וFriday, July 3, 2026
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There was no question that when Mrs. Cohen entered the room to meet the teacher she was hostile from the outset.
He always impressed me with his brilliance and erudition. But it was his warm remarks and his sincere concern that made me want to please him.
By Marc Gronich
Most senators, the governor, and religious groups are in favor of the tax credit citing it equals the playing field for tuition-paying parents who also incur public education school tax bills.
By Yaffa Ganz
Despite a sea of enemies determined to erase it from the face of the earth, the State of Israel continues to exist.
In the midst of all this name calling by these so called leaders stands a man who is steadfast in his beliefs and is prepared to deal with any outside pressure to get his point across.
By Marc Gronich
You have to give Silver credit. He is standing up to the prosecution where others immediately folded like a house of cards.
“Well, you are also part of this class! If someone drills a hole in the boat, the boat will ultimately sink, and even the innocent ones will perish as well. The whole class must be punished!”
Teachers, as well as administrators, must be actively involved in the daily prayers that transpire at a school and must set the bar as dugmaot ishiot, role models, on how one must daven.
By Yaffa Ganz
Most of the time we don’t even notice the magnificent canvas above our heads.
If the Maccabees found enough oil to last for one day, then why was the first day considered a miracle?
In our times, most of us when we pray, our minds are on something else-it is hard to focus all the time.
By Yaffa Ganz
Sixty years may have gone by since World War II, but nothing much has changed.
Two of these attacks occurred close to Allon Shvut, and somehow I feel responsible.
By Marc Gronich
After this most recent election, there are four fewer Jewish members of the Assembly.
We recognize that we are only a speck in this great world and only a small impression in the unfolding of time. As an educator, I have always believed that teachers should realize this as well.
Schools should realize that a child’s life is composed of multifaceted experiences, and schoolwork and homework are only one small part of the equation.
By Yaffa Ganz
Sukkot is an eternal time of joy, and if we are worthy, of plenty.
By Yaffa Ganz
Today, fifty years and six million (!) people later, Israel is truly a different world.
By Yaffa Ganz
Who wants to read Old News when the Internet is already giving you tomorrow's happenings before they've even occurred?
By Yaffa Ganz
Since there is no "happenstance" in our world, we can only say that something of great import is taking place in the Holy Land.
Is the man who ends a fight just as guilty as the one who started it? Is the man who kills a killer just as immoral as the killer himself?
By Sandy Eller
Goodbye humdrum. Hello, gorgeous!! With the release of CHIC Made Simple, an all new cookbook written by food stylist, columnist and recipe developer Esther Deutsch, kosher food continues to blaze new trails, offering sophisticated, appealing recipes that are, (surprise, surprise!) both delicious and deceptively easy to prepare.
By Elliot Resnick and Sandy Eller
“It’s like a war zone,” said Rabbi Akiva Eisenstadt, surveying the damage in Manhattan Beach, a day after Hurricane Sandy swept through New York.
It was the Thursday before her daughter's wedding and Chana Bendiner had so much to do, so many minute details to attend to. Yet here she was in her attic, blowing the dust off a photo album that had remained buried, but not forgotten, for over 20 years. She stared at the leather-bound cover, gently caressing the embossed gold lettering, unable to open it, yet unable to put it down.
As we get older, nostalgia takes over many areas of our life and we often yearn for things from the past.
By Ira Heller
What is it about a diamond that makes it the most valuable gemstone known to man?
July 3, 2026 
