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My wife’s paternal grandparents, Chaim and Sora Feiga Siegel, moved to Baltimore in 1900. The couple named their second American-born…
Imagine an America in which all stores are closed on Sundays, few packaged foods bear kosher certification and the vast…
Thursday night, March 6th, 2008, Rosh Chodesh Adar Bet 5768: Around eight pm, while my husband Baruch, a student at…
There is a common misconception that all residents of areas that were liberated during the Six-Day War are Orthodox, or…
There is a unique Chinese expression for native village—gu xiang [gû xiàng]—which is not necessarily a place where you are…
There are many words that come to mind when describing Jewish communities deep within the Shomron; “pragmatic” is not one…
It is easy to overlook Moshav Matityahu. It is located on a strategic hill that overlooks Ben-Gurion Airport, across the…
Rabbi Ya’akov Litman, Hy”d and his eighteen-year-old son Netanel, Hy”d, of Kiryat Arba, were murdered by terrorists on November 13,…
In 1947-8, some 3,500 Machal members from thirty-seven countries rallied to Israel’s defense.
The OU mourns the passing of Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Cooperman, founder of Michlalah Jerusalem College for Women. In recognition of…
He definitely gets around a lot. You can find investor/entrepreneur Marc Belzberg, in his large kippah and sandy-colored beard, hosting…