A highlight of the evening was the video produced by the Kleinman Family Holocaust Education Center on the legendary Agudah askan Reb Elimelech (Mike) Tress, a true Jewish hero.
Until recently his films were largely forgotten, but with their release last year on DVD by Re:Voir Video in Paris they are once again available.
Though the CCAR supported the Jewish right to emigrate to Eretz Yisrael, it strenuously objected to defining Palestine as the Jewish homeland.
Nouril concluded he had no choice: He had to become more observant.
I find his mother to be a difficult person and my nature is to stay away from people like that.
Here are some recipes to make your Chag La’Illanot a festive one.
By Pnina Baim
Does standing under the chuppah signal the end of our dream of romance and beautiful sunsets?
Dr. Lowy believed passionately in higher education for both men and women and would stop at nothing to assist young students in achieving their educational goals.
It’s almost pointless to try to summarize all of the fascinating information that Holzer’s research unearthed.
The special charm of these letters is their immediacy and authenticity of emotion and description.
Why is there such a steep learning curve for teachers? And what can we, as educators and community activists, do better in the educational system and keep first-year teachers in the job?
Often both girls and boys compare their date to their parents.
We love the food, the hotels, and even the wildlife. We love the Israelis.
Few traces remain of the glory days of Jewish life in the kingdoms of Sicily and Naples, but the demise wasn’t due to the eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius. Rather it was a manmade volcano called the Edict of Expulsion from Spain – and not even an invitation to return in Shevat of 1740 could […]
These monsters constantly attack When we dare to try to fight back
With so many new cases of ADHD reported each year, it is important to help children learn how to sit still.
Perhaps today’s accomplished woman can wrestle all the lions and tigers and bears by herself, but when she does, she may not have a lot of room left in her life for vulnerability.
By R. Schwartz
The occasion marked the unveiling of a new 20,000 square foot educational building on the yeshiva’s south campus located on North Miami Beach Blvd. and a new dormitory on the Klurman Campus located on Miami Gardens Drive.
The boys’ choir led off the evening with a lively medley of Chanukah songs...
Remarkably, the women in each story came to the same conclusion: dealing with this illness had actually changed their lives for the good.
Over 10,000 people on three floors and three balconies of the overflowing Gulfstream Park and Casino participated.
His only accommodations usually involve kosher food and adherence to various halachot he needs to deal with while at sea.
The Moroccan wife's chief pride is showing that she ought to win the prize for the most attentive and solicitous spouse and mother.
Dear Mordechai, How do I prevent my Smartphone from breaking the first time I drop it? Shattered in Pieces
Teens-at-risk feel alienated from their parents and often believe that no one is interested in hearing about their problems.
By Rayzel Reich
This past Friday it was finally almost official. It was going to happen. Be’ezras Hashem.
By Yaffa Ganz
Most of the time we don’t even notice the magnificent canvas above our heads.
While encouraging your child to take responsibility for bed-wetting (like asking him to change the sheets), remember that it is important not to get angry or make him feel guilty.
By Irwin Cohen
As the years flew by, one thing remained constant in Sid’s life – the New York Yankees.
Being the son of an Orthodox rabbi who witnessed my artwork without scorn was a green light for me to continue.
Both parties need to become more tolerant of one another.
Her cherished plan to take the Hebrew theater group Habimah to Eretz Yisrael was not greeted with enthusiasm by the actors.
He went on a hunger strike. He refused visitors. He seemed to have given up.
Talmudic University, also known as Yeshiva v’Kollel Bais Moshe Chaim, was started in 1974.
Rabbi Tennenhaus explained that the lights of the menorah represent victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and an end to terror and tyranny.
Luscious chicken dishes include grilled chicken pargiot with curry onion, chicken schnitzel, grilled chicken, and stuffed breast of chicken with Dijon sauce.
The Chabad House in Miami Beach held events every night of the recent Chanukah holiday.
His phenomenal memory encompassed the Written Torah, the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmud, and all the major commentaries.
As we said, you cannot get rid of a bad habit, you can only change it. But, how?
By Miriam K.
If you're part of the 95% of Americans who own an Apple device, you're being spied on at this very moment.
Parents should be quick to say something positive to a child even as they chide him or her for bad behavior.
There were many who believed that some North America Indians were descended from Jews.
I think a major problem within the "single" community is the pressure to get married ASAP.
In order to diagnose separation anxiety, these symptoms must not be isolated and must occur for more than four weeks consecutively.
Soup could really be a great way to get your kids to eat their veggies on a daily basis, but most kids I know can’t stand “icky things” swimming around in their soup bowl.
An incredible child protégé and a world chess champion, Boris Spassky (1937- ), best known for his “Match of the Century” loss in Reykjavík to Fischer, will always be inexorably tied to the latter.
The participants discussed the rich Jewish-Hungarian heritage, including that two-thirds of the fourteen Hungarian Nobel Prize winners have Jewish origin.
Today's smiles are in the merit of my friend and I made a conscious effort to smile throughout the day.
When someone with a fixed mindset has a negative interaction with a friend or loved one, he or she immediately projects that rejection onto him or herself saying: “I’m unlovable.”
How many potential shidduchim are not coming about because we, the mothers, are not allowing them to go through?
Is the Torah offering nechama by subtly hinting that death brings reunion with loved ones who preceded you?
She approached Holofernes and, with a sword concealed under her robe, severed his head.
By Jodie Maoz
Here are examples of games that need to be played by more than one person and an added bonus: they’re all Shabbos-friendly.
The incident was completely unforeseeable. The only term to describe the set of circumstances surrounding it is “freak occurrence.”
The first Chabad Center in Broward County, Chabad of South Broward, now runs nearly fifty programs and agencies. T
The NHS was also honored to have Bob Diener as keynote speaker.
Written with flowing language and engaging style, Attar weaves a spell that combines mystery, humor, adventure and Kabbalah in the most magical place in the world, the Old City of erusalem.
By Ari Goldfarb
There are those who highlight the diversity of these different teachings, seeing each rebbe as teaching a separate path.
Rav Dynovisz will be speaking in Hebrew on Wednesday, January 7, at 7:30 p.m.
Rabbi Simeon Schreiber, senior chaplain at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, saw a small room in the hospital that was dark and dismal but could be used for Sabbath guests.
By Sandy Eller
"The secret to a good donut is using quality ingredients and the ability to be patient and give them time to proof."
I so desperately want to have a loving relationship with my stepsons.
The Liberty Bell is a symbol of American Independence.
Because you can’t have kids pouring huge jugs of oil into tiny glasses, unless you want to turn your house into an environmental disaster.
Try these with your kids; there’s something for every age group and once all the recipes are made, dinner will be ready!
You children will build the country and you will help restore Israel to her former glory.
Bais Toras Menachem is proud to welcome its new staff member, Yaakov Mark, who will be the Administrator as well as Ort College and GED class coordinator.
By Sandy Eller
“We had been in our first-period class for less than three minutes, and the website was already in-motion,” Rabbi Young told The Jewish Press.
By Fern Sidman
Because she is keenly aware that anti-Semitism may start with the Jews but never ends with the Jews, she makes the logical connection between the opprobrium for both America and Israel so commonplace on the political left.
By Ben Shapiro
In this narrative of history, it is the third world Palestinians who are victims of the marauding Jews, of course.
The following statement is issued by the Presidium of the Rabbinical Alliance of America.
By Irwin Cohen
During 1939, anti-Semitic groups such as Fritz Kuhn’s German American Bund held rallies in New York and other major cities across the country.
By Yaffa Ganz
Sixty years may have gone by since World War II, but nothing much has changed.