Following a meeting between a delegation of Orthodox Jews and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the president promised to address the ongoing problems being caused by the local authorities that affect the tens of thousands...

Do you remember when literally the most exciting thing to happen in school ever was when your teacher propped open the door to the classroom and slowly wheeled in the top-heavy cart bearing the...

The whole world is a synagogue. I realized this in August after an eye surgery that endowed the short morning prayer with sparkling new meaning. Like all observant Jews, I recite each morning upon...

Being an 11th grader in a huge out-of-town Bais Yaakov with 100 girls per grade is a social breeze—said no one ever. Having a grade comprised of five classes with 20 girls each, it’s almost...

Steven Spielberg’s film “Jaws,” forever changed how people approach a beach vacation. Nothing like a shark to take the joy out of some long-planned relaxation. People that go to a hotel or program for...

With three weeks to go until the Israeli elections, the chareidi parties are shifting into high gear. Yahadut HaTorah, which until now had been focusing its campaigning on the chareidi community, has decided for the...

The controversy over the canceled tour of Israel by Congresswomen Rashid Tlaib and Ilhan Omar rebounded into a bitter argument about statements by President Trump, with some Jewish organizations and pundits decrying his words...

I reach Gitty Kahn as she’s heading in to speak to the event planner. It may seem like she’s preparing for a simchah, but Gitty tells me the meeting is about a vaccine education...

On August 9, 2001, a Palestinian terrorist from the West Bank, Izz al-Din Shuheil al-Masri, walked into the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem and detonated explosives that he was carrying in a guitar case loaded...

“Boker tov, talmidim,” she begins each lesson in Hebrew. The students stand up and answer, “Boker tov, hamorah.” Then they sit back down and the lesson begins. “I had been teaching for a number of...