Holocaust Survivor Sol Lurie S...
Meet Sol Lurie, a native of Kovno in Lithuania, who was only 11 years old when the Nazis marched into his town in June 1941 and herded all the Jews into a ghetto.
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Letter to the Editor: Ashamed ...
Letter: I am dismayed by the recent confrontation between the President of the United States and the New York Times. Response: When the Times moderates its coverage of those people and countries its journalists and editors hate (i.e. Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and President Trump), it will be appropriate to call on its victims to mind their tongues–and pens.
read moreDistant Cousins’ Homecoming in...
Dov Rosenblatt and Ami Kozak from Torah Academy of Bergen County have become talented musicians, whose accomplishments include recordings, commercials, and movies, team up with Duvid Swirsky from Israel for a concert appropriately entitled “Homecoming”.
read moreGood Grief, It’s “You’re a Goo...
All members of the cast and crew belong to Orthodox-Jewish communities in and around Miami. While several of them have theater backgrounds, they do not perform in any venue that would require them to desecrate the Sabbath or holidays.
read moreThe Current Crisis
Does the Finnish “artist” fight to withdraw his piece from the museum, presumably showing his concern for Muslim Palestinians, or does he fight to keep McJesus at the museum, showing his disdain for Christian Palestinians and his own distorted view of free speech?
read moreFilm: “The Invisibles” Is a Te...
A new film by Claus Räfle along with writer Alejandra Lopez grippingly traces the stories of four real-life German-Jewish teenagers who managed to stay in Berlin and survive to be liberated.
read moreCan a Jewish Child See a Chris...
For Jewish parents who attend such shows, with or without their children, it’s important to recognize it means participating in someone else’s party. While we can be happy for our neighbors and enjoy the fact that they are experiencing spiritual joy. It belongs to someone else.
read morePerfect Flavors Is a Perfect G...
Perfect Flavors for those who find themselves staring at a kitchen with no idea what to make.
read moreAnonymous’s Anti-Trump Op-Ed i...
“Anonymous’s op-ed would serve as a basis for a Federal criminal investigation because he or she prima facie violated the oath of office statute,” says Mark Langfan, who also serves as chairman of Americans for a Safe Israel.
read more“Remembering Dvinsk̶...
Remembering Dvinsk provides a lucid account, without painting a romantic picture, of life in this historic town.
read moreLetter to the Editor: In Defen...
All students learn differently. For people like me, looking up at teachers while they lecture makes it hard to focus on what they are saying.
read moreLetter to the Editor: Choosing...
I have come to realize that a critical element to my college choice is determining if the school encompasses a community that shares my religious identity and values as well as my Zionist views.
read moreLetter to the Editor: Voluntee...
At the Frisch School in Paramus, which I attend, students are not forced to volunteer, but the concept of chessed, kindness, is part of the school’s culture.
read moreLetter to the Editor: In Prais...
At YJS, the curriculum was based on the notion that the Modern-Orthodox Jewish community should strive to integrate Judaic and secular education and apply what is learned in the classroom to situations that arise in everyday life.
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