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  One of the marvels of touring modern Israel is being able to see the Tanach come alive as one visits sites where Jewish history…

When you lived in the rocky cave, there did you acquire your splendor and your beauty (From the poem Bar Yochai by Rabbi Shimon Lavi).

The past two centuries have been, for Jews, a time of trauma for which it would be hard to find a precedent since the days…

While some people fast with little difficulty, most of us expect to feel more or less bedraggled after only a few hours. If fasting means…

Teachers today expect a lot. I haven’t done a formal survey, but anecdotally I have come to the conclusion that schoolwork in the twenty-first century…

The fall of 1996 was an exciting time in my life: I had just started a new job coordinating the Judaic studies curriculum for Maayanot,…

I don’t know if Harry (name changed to protect his identity) really saw it or if he just imagined the whole thing. Either way, the…

Although everyone is familiar with the custom of dipping slices of apple into honey at the Rosh Hashanah meal, many of us are not conversant…

Now that you’ve been using the Internet at home for years, are you getting more relaxed about its place in the family? You shouldn’t be.…

Both the scholar and the layman welcome the appearance of any newly published work on the teachings of the late Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Whether…