It was a big day for Nefertiti, queen of ancient Egypt. To look her very best, her attendant carefully applied her makeup. And to...

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When I was invited to discuss the growing challenges facing today’s youth with Rav Dovid Cohen, shlita, the venerable rosh yeshivah of Yeshivas Chevron,...

As I walked briskly toward my subway stop at 80th and Hudson in Queens, I glanced casually, out of well-worn habit, at a steel...

Pesach Pancakes 1 cup plain or vanilla Greek yogurt 6 tablespoons almond flour 6 tablespoons tapioca starch 4 egg whites 1 teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder Nonstick...

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The discovery of the Cairo Genizah, the storehouse of medieval manuscripts and documents in the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fustat, Old Cairo, in the...

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When my mother passed away, it wasn’t only her children and grandchildren who felt the void. The entire community mourned her petirah. My mother, a”h,...

When I was growing up there was a joke going around, attributed to the Satmar Rebbe, zt”l, that the driving distance between Williamsburg and...

When I was 18 I was drafted into the IDF, and a year later I became one of the original members of the elite...

For the past four years Rabbi Menachem Mallinger has been living in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by rugged mountains and steep valleys. He...

Parkinson’s is a very isolating disease. Your world grows smaller and slower, while around you, the people you know and love are rushing, accomplishing,...

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We all know the stories from the early 1900s, when people lost their jobs week after week because they refused to desecrate Shabbos. One...