Honenu came to the rescue with legal assistance, and thanks to its help Akiva served only three months, followed by eight months of very strict house arrest.
MDA in Israel was arguably born twice: first after World War I and then again in 1930.
By Nina Safar
The traditional recipes she used throughout our lives brought comfort and love to both our family and strangers alike.
If he bashes loudly and vociferously enough, then maybe, just maybe, he will be excused for being a Jew.
The nuttiness of the sesame adds a lot of depth to the dates and chocolate coating.
While some worry and anxiety is normal, it is a problem if it interferes with the child’s daily functioning.
I certainly appreciate the gift of living near your family and what a tremendous blessing it can be.
The copy I acquired is notable because it is uncensored, which is rare for a Masechet Avodah Zarah from the first few centuries of printing.
Eric was not willing to give up on his quest to save lives. He has donated blood platelets every month for the past 11 years – almost 140 donations.
The goal of each of these is to help hosts detect noise issues in real-time so they can deal with them immediately.
Welz expressed gratitude for the guidance he received from medical professionals and community leaders before making what he termed a “difficult but necessary decision.”
Nonetheless, Esperanto itself, stripped of its religious machinations, grew in popularity worldwide, albeit gradually.
The Census will determine how over $650 billion in federal funds for public education, public housing, roads, bridges, and much more is distributed annually throughout the nation.
By Jodie Maoz
My reviewing a doll company and going to their flagship store in Manhattan made me laugh – I am the quintessential tomboy and don’t remember ever playing with dolls as a kid. I would play with my brother’s Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars and later play basketball with him and his friends. It was a […]
By Sandy Eller
As my husband reminded me as I meticulously folded bags into neat little packages over the last three months to hoard them for future use, the fact that bags will no longer be free in stores doesn’t mean that they won’t be available.
Like an oversized umbrella it covered the entire land.
Working with curricula that truly allows students to read, write, and talk about the essential content will prepare them for college, careers, and productive citizenship.
Big people say, "You were right"; bigger people are willing to say, "I was wrong."
By Yaffa Ganz
If so many people eat and spend such staggering amounts on something as trifling as chocolate, there must be more to it than meets the eye (or mouth).
It was produced for a special prayer service convened at the Spanish & Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam on December 2 to pray for the success of the Dutch Kingdom in its war against the Belgians.
By Irwin Cohen
The sign stealer could be on the phone with his accomplice and relay what pitch is coming by raising the beer to his lips for a fastball, adjusting his cap for a curveball, etc.
Samsung has also integrated some new and notable features into its Galaxy lineup, many of which are thanks to Samsung’s deepening partnerships with Google, Microsoft, and Spotify.
You feel like a fraud, about to be exposed for the interloper that you are, a child raised in a home filled with conflict.
It is also through Ulysses that we’re forced to consider the complicated relationship between the Irish and the Jews.
Micrography, a creative medium particularly relevant to Jewish religious artistic expression, is a centuries-old manifestation of what is today characterized as “modernist art.”
By Maari Weiss
Movies engender experiences that have a stronger staying power than lectures, not to mention classes in Hebrew.
By Sandy Eller
Given the subject matter, it seems appropriate for this cookbook to open with a chapter on food safety since giving your family food poisoning by feeding them spoiled ingredients is definitely something to be avoided.
Research shows that our brains never stop developing, and parenting provides you with an opportunity for lifelong learning.
When the Rogatchover Gaon passed away in 1936, his daughter left the safety of her home in Israel to return to Dvinsk, Latvia, to assemble her father’s many unpublished manuscripts.
And I say that this was in their time, but in our day and age, due to our many sins, many are engaged in machlokes for no good reason and their whole intention is not leshem shamayim.
They’re fuzzy. They’re fun. And they all have the same goal: to provide companionship and alleviate loneliness. Sounds adorable, right?
Although you have used it as a piece of Judaica, it cannot be defined as such in the strictest terms, as it was made for the public at large, both Jewish and gentile.
COJO Flatbush CEO Louis Welz told the graduates, “Of all the many programs and services we offer, this is the one I’m most proud of."
By Baruch Lytle
“I don’t remember having such a feeling of happiness and satisfaction since my wedding day,” Gewirtz told The Jewish Press.
A momentous and hostile philosophical battle ensued between Visser, who single-mindedly advocated non-cooperation with the Nazis, and Cohen and Asscher, who urged collaboration as the only way forward to maximize Jewish survival under the circumstances.
After having tasted through most of the KFWE offerings, I have chosen a handful of wines which I very much enjoyed, and recommend you all to consider for your Purim Seudah.
Rigidity around food, fear and anxiety around eating, purging, restricting, overexercising, and bingeing… those behaviors can happen to people in all size bodies.
NFL coach Bill Parcells in Harvard Business Review wrote, “When you set small, visible goals, and people achieve them, they start to get it into their heads that they can succeed.”
By Pnina Baim
For extra credit, you can bring out your vacuum and clean the coils at the bottom of the fridge. Having these coils dust free keeps your fridge running more efficiently and saves on electricity.
By Judy Waldman
Along with Rabbi Shmuel Greenwald, the Director of Education who has been at Aish St. Louis for almost twenty-five years, Rabbi David tries to connect and inspire community members, young to old, primarily focusing on suburban families.
By Roni
One song in particular on this album, “Bayom Hahu,” stands out from all the others.
My son goes home from school on a van every day with eleven other boys. Nine of them have cell phones.
The letter describes the yeshiva’s dire situation, precluding it from spending money on books and forcing it to ask published authors to send copies of their books to the yeshiva as a donation.
For those who find the idea of showering with Alexa creepy, Kohler also has a Bluetooth-enabled Moxie showerhead that only comes with speakers.
Rishon LeZion was officially founded on July 31, 1882 when 18 Chovevei Zion pioneer families from Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire) led by Levontin took possession of 835 acres of land near Jaffa, then part of the Arab village of Eyun Kara.
I love Lo Mein, but the thought of boiling the noodles in one pan and then sautéing it together in another means a two-pot mess.
The incidents, which started small, spiraled into something big. Something huge.
The more we know about how our children’s brains work, the better we will be able nurture stronger, more resilient children.
New beginnings are not only housing construction, sidewalk renewal, or gas flow.
By Elliot Fuchs
Even when given the chance to rest, most members of the group continued their search for growth, singing, learning, and davening.
Men are attracted to women with a positive attitude; to women who approach life with enthusiasm and grace, packaged in genuine self-confidence.
At least 700,000 people are estimated to die each year due to drug-resistant bacterial infections.
He reportedly announced aloud to a notable Arab sheikh that "the land was given to us, and you should take your wives and your children, load up your camels, and go away."
By Eve Glover
We’ve tapped into a previously untapped resource, which is the pro bono commitment of major law firms.
By Yaffa Ganz
I waited to receive a signal or hear the word that all would soon be well.
The consensus was that it had become exorbitantly expensive to be a frum Jew.
By Sandy Eller
A coat of paint in a cheerful color or a roll or two of wallpaper can definitely inject a touch of style into your pantry.
The goal of coaches is to provide children with a safe environment to practice their still emerging communication skills.
By Jodie Maoz
My room was majestic; airy and tastefully done in earth tones. A terrace facing the Old City allows you to sit and breathe in the sounds and smells of Jerusalem.
By Tzvi Fishman
In the beginning, when our initial attempts to settle the site failed, people told us we were crazy, that it would never be, and that we should give up the struggle.
The tribute Sam writes to his father in this book, though loving and respectful, sounds akin to what someone might write about viewing the pyramids from afar with a telescope.
My heart breaks for how you must have felt sitting there struggling to keep your smile in place while your sister shared her happy news.
While AI has shown itself to be great at analyzing concrete data points, it can’t necessarily predict future social outcomes like success at a job or company fit.
The Hindenburg, a massive German zeppelin 803 feet long – almost the length of three football fields – departed Frankfurt, Germany on the evening of May 3, 1937, on the first of 10 scheduled round trips between Europe and the United States during its second year of commercial service. The airship had made 63 previous […]
About two months later, a new family WhatsApp group appeared on my phone – Abba’s Siyum, with everyone except my husband included. Dates, ideas, comments, suggestions and proposals all started flying.
By Irwin Cohen
He was intelligent and a commanding presence, though much softer than his reputation as a player.
Since this woman was not capable of receiving a get due to her mental state, her husband couldn’t marry another woman and was forced to raise his children alone.
By Sandy Eller
So much of our lives revolve around food. In addition to eating our three squares every day, there is a signature dish for every Jewish holiday and we all get a good chuckle when we hear about people having panic attacks over hosting ten people for Thanksgiving when for so many of us, that is […]
After we address the bullying crisis, we can teach children how to make long-lasting relationships.
In 1960, my father started The Jewish Press. It was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream – to launch a newspaper that would teach Torah and be a voice for Jews all over the world.
You also consider yourself to have depth, so it is natural to want to meet someone that approaches life with a similar lens.
This very menorah previously sold for $19,550 during the “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe” sale at Christie’s auction house in 1999.
Despite its potential, though, social shopping has some glaring limitations.
Conventional discussions about the depletion of natural resources are full of empty cliches, which, for consecutive generations, have turned out to be false.
Few people know that it was Hirsch’s rejection that prompted Herzl to write Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State, 1896), considered the seminal screed of modern Zionism.
The hidden curriculum is the implicit social rules that many children pick up on without having to be explicitly taught.
Butcher Block Grill Serves Fresh Ingredients and Kosher Meats in Style
The more love we share and the more confidence we build in our families, the safer they will feel.
Smolenskin, learning of Salkinson’s knowledge of English and talents as a translator, convinced him to translate English classics to Hebrew.
The continuous combat Israel has had to be engaged in to defend itself since 1948 has brought about striking ingenuity and significant inventions, which have carried over to civilian adaptation.