Mindy, of course, had no idea Chani was busy struggling to process the idea that Effi Weinberg would be coming to town, wondering if he hated her and how she would react if their paths crossed.

Yossi grew up in a musical house. His mother played accordion and used to sing with the kids every Shabbat. His grandfather on his father’s side was a ba’al tefillah. His grandfather’s brother w ...

What is the blessing that G-d bestows on us for keeping the mitzvot? It is that “tishme’u,” you will be able in the future to continue performing the mitzvot. There is a future to keeping mitzvo ...

Hamas often exploits children – waving white flags to mask ambushes on IDF soldiers and even being recruited as fighters at age 15. UNRWA’s education promotes hate of Jews and the Jewish State from ...

Ironically, it’s minority schoolchildren, whom teachers claim to care about, who have been the biggest losers.

We will bentch Rosh Chodesh this Shabbat and announce the coming month – Rosh Chodesh Elul yihyeh machar b’yom Rishon uvyom ...

There is a clear nexus between cell phone use and a decline in students’ mental health and academic success due to a decreased ability to focus, diminished social interaction and emotional stress, s ...

But there is a method to this madness. In order to be an “As a Jew” Jew, one must pass the moral superiority litmus test. This includes ignoring or barely focusing on the hostages. It means ignoring ...

Plainly, for that crowd, it is of no moment what the laws or tradition may require. What counts is whether the results work for you.

Chaos Theory deals with systems that are highly dependent and sensitive to initial conditions. Small variations in the starting point can lead to vastly dramatic changed outcomes. Those altered outcom ...

Promoting ruach (team spirit) and hype are extremely important to help fire up and motivate the team to feel they can win Color War. It’s always fascinating to see a relatively quiet staff member st ...

Moshe was a Hebrew name from the start, but he also bore an Egyptian name. A key piece of evidence supporting the Hebrew origin is the pun itself.