In our encounter with the Divine that characterizes these days leading up to Rosh Hashana, we consider our faults and shortcomings and endeavor to do better – and in doing better, to draw nearer to ...

Elul is a time for self-reflection. There is a difference between feeling guilty about something we've done and feeling ashamed of who we are. Guilt says, "I did something bad," shame turns that into, ...

Besides enjoying the singles’ scene on the Upper West Side when I was single (and with more black hair on my head, more hair in general, and fewer pounds...), one of the things I liked most was the ...

The Shomrim Society is the fraternal organization of Jewish members of the New York City Police Department (NYPD). (It does not refer to civilian neighborhood watch patrols, also known as “Shomrim,” ...

Rabbi Klein responds: Fascinating! That seems to reflect what I wrote – how the names Frida and Freyda are often conflated. And you tied it in to Shlomit, even though in my article I connected it to ...

Since the mid-19 th century, expositions and fairs have generated trade and relations between nations and, as early as 1898, an “International Scientific, Industrial and Philanthropic Fair” was ...

What Vice President JD Vance told Joe Rogan last week and a House vote on cutting aid to Israel should send chills up on our collective spines. There is no longer any doubt that Israel is vulnerable ...

Assessments derived from commercial satellite imagery that were conducted independently by David Albright, a former United Nations weapons inspector, and Decker Eveleth, an associate research analyst ...

We all know a kid like Chaim. Maybe he is in your son’s class, or he rides with him on the school bus. Maybe he was even in your child’s bunk last summer. At first Chaim seems like a regular kid, ...

A little more than 50 years ago, on December 6, 1975, a makeshift Shabbat prayer service was held in the cavernous ballroom of Lincoln Square Synagogue, which was then located on West 69th Street and ...

In the early 1930s, the calm continuity of Albert Einstein’s life in Germany, where he had long taught, published, and engaged in academic pursuits, was shattered by the mounting thunder of ...

Jewish history has not been a straight line. We have experienced many highs, but also many lows. These low points can be hard to handle. During our nation’s first low point, Hashem taught us how to ...