David Olivestone, director of communications and marketing at the Orthodox Union, contributed several biographies of famous hazzanim to the Encyclopaedia Judaica. He can be reached at davido@ou.org.
Explore the history of Shabbat candle lighting with this photo essay.
The design of the etrog box has proved to be inspirational for many Judaica artists, sparking their originality and craftsmanship.
A unique collection brings 2,000 years of Jewish life alive
It’s the simplest of questions: “Mah shlomcha?—How are you?” But when your country is at war, how can you give the usual answer?
Some eighty-plus years after it first appeared, Hamadrikh, in a new edition, aims at addressing the ever-changing needs of the American rabbinate.
For us, Poland is the past; Jerusalem is both the present and the future.
Even after living in Yerushalayim for more than ten years now, I still experience a sense of wonderment when I turn off the street named for Ramban to the street…
What a Robert Browning poem teaches us about old age and the surprising Jewish influence on his work.
