Religion

SHAVUOT

Logging on to Judaism: A Convert Retrieves Her Soul from Cyberspace

  In 1993, nearly twenty years after Shoshana Zakar converted to Judaism, she found out she wasn’t Jewish. Zakar had…

SHAVUOT

From Japan to Jerusalem

He served as a Protestant minister in Japan’s fourth-largest city. Now, he is a kollel student in Jerusalem. Meet Moshe…

SHAVUOT

The Prince of Light: The Story of an African Prince Who Left Royalty and Fortune to Pursue a Torah Lifestyle

As Rabbi Natan Gamedze likes to tell it, his path to self-discovery—his transformation from prince to rabbi—was paved with chance…

SHAVUOT

Finding Mount Sinai in Montana

As Shavuot approaches, a yom tov where we read the remarkable story of Ruth the convert, we present a series…

KASHRUT

Say Cheese!

Legend has it that cheese was first discovered by accident.

EDUCATION

A “Stuyvie” Reminisces

Stuyvesant High School has long been regarded as the jewel in the crown of the New York City public school…

EDUCATION

The Tuition Squeeze: Paying the Price for Jewish Education

Jewish schools, in partnership with Jewish homes, have been responsible for the extraordinary and glorious continuity of Jewish tradition for…

EDUCATION

Vouchers: A Case Study

The struggle to pay day school tuition is an albatross around the neck of the Jewish community. But a new…

EDUCATION

In Defense of Tuition

The Cincinnati Hebrew Day School Board, like all school boards, is charged with an important duty: making sure that there…

EDUCATION

A Radical Proposal Whose Time Has Come A mutually beneficial plan could help both the public schools and the yeshivot, without violating the Constitution

I was never one to be satisfied with the status quo or to accept the phrase “that’s how it’s always…

EDUCATION

Who Should Pay for Jewish Education?

With research indicating that Jewish education is the key to Jewish survival, one would hope that the majority of Jewish…

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