יום שבת, א׳ תשרי תשפ״זSaturday, September 12, 2026
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When children feel that their own emotional needs are met, they are better able to recognize the emotional needs of others.
Sometimes when looking at our lives we see nothing but an empty box, but if we look deeper, we will find the kisses.
By Shimmy Blum
In particular, the event paid tribute to the governor and a long list of legislators who were instrumental in making the bill a reality.
By Ben Rothke
One of the more forceful and vital chapters is towards the end of the book when Rabbi Bleich discusses vaccinations.
We learn, for example, that his paternal uncle rabbi Shmuel Schneerson awarded his nephew rabbinic ordination;;
The proclamation of a Jewish state had to be made on May 14 because the British Mandate was to end at midnight and Jewish leadership did not want even one second to pass before the formal establishment of the state.
Like I said to you before: never take kids to a store All you're gonna hear is: we want more and more…
By Erica Lyons
Will I ever be able to be the mother this little girl desperately needs?
When asked about the extent of the Rebbetzin's greatness, the Rebbe’s thoughtful, genuine response was: Only Hashem knows.
Having a constant critic around is like having someone hitting you over the head on a regular basis.
By Raphael Poch
Volunteers began going around to neighbors and synagogues in the vicinity to collect the children who had been out of the home when the tragedy occurred.
Though Murrow became a legendary pioneer of radio broadcasting and television news, he has received little recognition for his rescue efforts on behalf of persecuted scholars during the Holocaust.
As a further aid to comprehension, the members of the Machon enhance the original works of the rov by adding references to the sources on which the Maharal Tzintz’s writings are based.
This casual observation will give you the ability to easily understand when something is wrong during the unavoidable social struggle.
By Irwin Cohen
Admittedly, I took a liking to and saw a lot of the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals, who share the new spring training facility.
Many young Jewish soldiers who were away from home for the first time found that attending a Seder provided an important emotional link to familiar traditions of home and family.
By Libi Astaire
The house is clean. The last bit of chametz has been burned. What happens next?
With all the talk today about immigration, we asked some ofour rabbanim to answer the following question...
By Sandy Eller
Whether you decide to go formal and proper or playful and laid back, just remember that Pesach is all about transmitting a powerful legacy from one generation to the next.
By Yaffa Ganz
I'm still not sure which kid we'll be going to when, but instead of unpacking dishes, we're packing a suitcase.
Some people object to the practice of invented spelling, arguing that it produces bad habits that can be carried over into adulthood.
We still have an inner voice that silently screams, It's just not fair!
By Rhona Lewis
After seventy years of silence, for the first time, we are actually hearing songs sung by those subjected to unspeakable cruelty.
Their constant favoring of our family only breeds jealousy and hostility.
Rabbi Lichtenstein’s analysis of the events, especially the dialogues between them, serves as a lesson for our people’s leaders to read, and emulate in the many years to come.
Rabbi Blech projects this example of optimism as a most important component to the liberation of the Exodus.
Yosef, the biblical figure, has been the center of numerous contemporary works detailing his historical and religious importance to our faith, thus making a dramatization of his life at this time of year on the Jewish calendar all the more important.
During World War II he served as a member of the draft board for the Lower East Side.
Though I loved cooking, I did it with a heavy heart as I continuously worried about what I should be cleaning.
By Alan Magill
I asked him what he wanted to do when he got out. He said he would really love to go to college, something that had eluded him in his youth.
By Sandy Eller
Want to make sure you don’t forget your lunch as you head out to work? Stash your keys in the refrigerator, right next to your meal.
Shifrah and Puah were on a very high spiritual level – obviously the type of women who would not hesitate to follow the way of the Torah, and to sacrifice their own lives for the sake of other Jews.
...Israel is a beacon of light in a sea of Islamic darkness...
Kinesthetic learning is not for everyone. In fact, for some it can be a more difficult form.
When working with garlic, a great shortcut I discovered in my local supermarket is fresh, peeled, whole cloves. It’s beyond worth spending the extra buck.
Now approaching the program’s 67th year, the National Jewish Book Awards celebrate Jewish literary achievement in a wide range of genres and form, honoring writers in 20 different categories each year.
Rabbi Cohen was raised in holiness by the original codifier of some of Rav Kook’s writings when Rav Kook was still alive.
Even the very physicality of the seder participant is given narrative space so as to give the participant the rational for the physical choreography of the seder night’s ‘program’.
On the one hand, he was not a Zionist in the sense of supporting Eretz Yisrael as a Jewish state and he publicly proclaimed that he was not a political Zionist.
Of course, these moments should also be related to your topic of expertise and should not simply be there for the shock effect!
How you feel is up to you.
Our extended family, although not a very orthodox group, was nevertheless totally Jewish in identity and heritage…
Why is it so hard to make decisions? Why do we make so many poor decisions?
By Pnina Baim
I find that the best way to get things done is not to push things off.
I am here to say the United States will not turn a blind eye to this anymore. I am here to underscore to the ironclad support of the United States for Israel.
Company can rob your children of special attention and time with you.
Another remarkable fact concerning the Or Hachaim is that he is the only Sephardi commentator in most editions of the Mikra’ot Gedolot, a point that is little recognized today.
Yaakov lives in the year 2025. He and his sister, Rachel, find in the data bank of one of their robots cryptic data sent by a pirate in Djerba, which leads them onto the trail of their second adventure.
Though I assumed he was just another notary, I nonetheless decided on a whim to see if I could find out anything interesting about him – and therein lies a truly remarkable, almost unbelievable, tale.
As phonemic awareness is developed, children should become interested in how words are portrayed in print.
I mentally reviewed all of the amazing food we had eaten over the vacation. I knew I wanted to re-create those sliders at home.
Because we’re all watching our weight, And eating with our brains, We figured that this year we’d give out Veggies and whole grains.
It was our worst Purim ever.
By Irwin Cohen
It hit me like a baseball bat on my head. I had been sitting next to Red Smith, the legendary sports columnist who knew Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb and other baseball greats.
By Marc Gronich
A multi-faceted, non-sectarian, non-profit social service agency that acts as the eyes and ears of the community to address communal and individual concerns and needs, COJO provides assistance to more than 24,000 clients with more than 55,000 services.
He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era and created dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted more than four decades.
By Marc Gronich
State education officials say they spend $26 billion throughout New York on elementary and secondary education. That number is higher than most state budgets and more than the operating budget of many countries.
There is a debate within educational circles today as to whether resource rooms or learning centers should remediate or accelerate.
Embracing her grandmother, she led her to a nearby table and began gently to coax some information from the silent ninety-year-old.
By Sandy Eller
Allow me to introduce some of my new faves, tried-and-true items that may be helpful additions to your Pesach arsenal or kitchen stars that you may enjoy using all year round.
By Yaffa Ganz
I knew, of course, that digital communication is big business, but I didn’t realize how big.
Purim teaches us that life is like a Ferris wheel – one moment you can be on top, and suddenly you are at the bottom.
I am now engaged to a loving, wonderful woman who is really not my imago.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Yael Farbstein won first place in the category of the International Multi-Floral Sourced Honeys of the Black Jar Honey Tasting Contest.
Esther is the only Megillah read twice, once in the evening synagogue service of Purim and a second time during the morning services on Purim
Historical context means everything when understanding the misunderstood.
The mid-1760s marked changes in the direction of Myers’s personal life and business affairs.
By Allen Fagin
As Purim approaches, and as we open the megillah, I can’t help but think about how, sadly, we are too often united because of dangers facing our people.
September 11, 2026 
