Life As a Happy Single Person

I bought couches. They are beige, with button detail on the sides and dark wood trim. I bought a variety of pillows to go on…

The arrival of spring ushers in new, lighter foods. Your taste buds will surely appreciate some of these refreshing spring recipes. Hummus 8 appetizer servings,…

I’ve heard it said that Jewish history can be summed up like this: Someone tried to destroy us,

The Jewish State was conceived in dreams—dreams of a glorious past and hopes for an even more glorious future. Only dreamers, disdainful of reality and…

Twenty years ago Jewish Action devoted the better part of an issue to analyzing “Israel at Forty.” At the time, the mood was cautiously optimistic…

One of the most hackneyed things one can say about Israel is that it is a land of contrasts, which is, perhaps, a polite way…

Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day) and Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day), two consecutive days in May, dramatize both the pain of sacrifice and the joy…

In the winter of 2001, David Rubin and his three-year-old son Reuven (“Ruby”) were driving on Patriarch’s Road from Jerusalem to their home in Shiloh,…

Ask any parent to name the greatest health risk they fear for their children, and most likely the answer will be “cancer.” But in reality,…

Many Orthodox Jews seem to think that as long as the food is kosher, what one eats is not so important. They believe that if…