The Jews of Rome and the authorities of the Vatican seem to have decided that if so many people believe that the Vatican has the Menorah in its posession, they might as well capitalize...

I remember as a young boy accompanying a relative of mine to a small house in Netivot where the Baba Sali, the great and holy mekubal Rav Yisrael Abuchatzeira, zt”l, lived. He was wearing...

To the Ashkenazi Jews of the cold and impoverished shtetlach, Yiddishkeit as they knew it was centered in Europe. Little thought was given to the Jewish communities in Yemen, in the southern portion of...

The institution of yeshivos is hardly new. The Talmud relates: “Rav Chama ben Chanina said: ‘From the days of our ancestors, the Jewish people were never without a yeshivah’” (see Yoma 28b). While every...

American Jewish soldiers whose units were assigned to fight in North Africa during World War II undoubtedly expected to be spending a Yom Tov such as Shavuos on some battlefield. If they were lucky,...

To my right, sleeping sweetly in her carriage, is my precious little baby girl. Hard to believe three months have passed since her birth; they definitely grow up too fast! I glance at her...

4 peaches, halved 2 tablespoons light brown sugar ½ teaspoon cinnamon Crumble 2 tablespoons light brown sugar 2 tablespoons unsweetened coconut flakes ¼ cup finely chopped pecans Preheat oven to 400°F. Place peach halves in a baking dish. Spray with...

It was late Thursday evening, and my reserves were depleted. Did I mention that it was Thursday evening, the kitchen was a mess, and there was no sign of any Shabbos food? As the larder...

I happen to like cherries a lot. The sweetness, the juiciness, and the color all get to me. The pits? That’s another story. They can be hard to navigate around. I was therefore very...

In the narrative of the establishment of the Bais Yaakov movement, part of the story involves the tragedy of girls from frum homes refusing to marry yeshivah bachurim. Professor Eliyana R. Adler, who describes herself...