It's a bit of a daunting undertaking to try to describe a Yemenite shofar, or any shofar for that matter. But the best description...

“Ican’t really pray,” an old friend wrote to me this week in an email. “My efforts to forgive and ask forgiveness, such as they...

Mrs. Beilinson, the first-grade teacher, was concerned. “Alex is doing a lot of spacing out during class,” she told his mother on the phone. “It...

Rebbetzin Bashy Bleich is a down-to-earth, easygoing woman who grew up in Monsey, New York. At the behest of the Stoliner Rebbe, she and...

Some people enjoy a sweet side dish, and others, like myself, think that these totally belong in the dessert course. Mini apple crumb pies...

The inhabitants of the island of Antigua watched nervously as Hurricane Irma approached. The massive storm came and passed, and the prime minister announced...

Only once before did such an event occur: One after the other, the gedolim of Eretz Yisrael came to the Beis Talmud Torah Y’chaveh...

My name is Esther Malka, but it used to be Emily. I was born in 1953 in a town on the border of Illinois...

It’s 6:30 in the morning. Outside it is still dark, and the sun’s rays are just beginning to peek over the horizon. The Jews...

Queen of Clean Tzippy Brecher* had been employing Maria to clean her house for over a decade. Maria was efficient, reliable and pleasant to have...

Controversy has enveloped the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, following the revelation that the museum was planning to issue a report claiming there was...

“Mommy, did the letter come today?” Leah asked me eagerly as she walked into the house after a full day of school. “Not yet,” I...

I will never forget my very first job interview. We were living in Eretz Yisrael at the time, and I had applied for a...

Judging by the popularity of holistic and alternative medicine, I think I’m not alone when I say that I find natural healing tips fascinating....

It may not seem like big news that the former prime minister of Portugal publicly acknowledges that the Beis Hamikdash once stood on Jerusalem’s...

The women were sitting near the ocean, enjoying a rare moment of serenity in their tumultuous lives. It was early spring, and a brisk...

During the time I was studying in the Chabad-Lubavitch seminary in Milan, Italy, the girls were allowed to leave the premises for Shabbos a...

I have heard it said that the mind has its own form of health and sickness, just as the body does. What I went through...

What is the largest number of spies that Russia has ever had inside the United States of America? Ten? A hundred? A thousand? Newly...

The conflict was palpable. During much of the Obama administration, the White House and the Israeli government, though often cordial in public pronouncements, were...