Avi and Peter Abelow Rachel Saperstein, now a resident of the Jerusalem Gold Hotel, is a friend of ours who lived in Kfar Darom in…
Avi and Peter Abelow Rachel Saperstein, now a resident of the Jerusalem Gold Hotel, is a friend of ours who lived in Kfar Darom in…
Why were some rabbis so opposed to machine matzah?
Tackling the Tuition Crisis It is nice to see the Orthodox Union finally address the American frum community’s inability to sustain itself in its present…
Misconception: Horseradish (chrain) is the preferred item to use to fulfill the mitzvah of eating maror at the Seder.
Sandwiched between Pesach, the holiday marking our redemption from galut (exile), and Shavuot, the holiday when we celebrate receiving the Torah and our concomitant commitment…
Despite my reservations, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed seeing the world through this author’s eyes. Her wise assessments of the political scene…
From time to time, articles and symposia appear in Jewish Action and other periodicals about the value of higher secular knowledge and its consonance with…
Spring recipes may require seasonal ingredients that are a little tricky to get, since new vegetables are not yet at their prime. I have therefore…
The past few months have been extraordinarily tumultuous for Israel, a country not unaccustomed to instability. The disengagement, the demise of Sharon’s political life,…
Old age must be setting in. I have clear memories of people walking around with Sony Walkmans, listening to music etched onto plastic CDs. Sobering,…