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Rabbi David Fohrman is the dean of Aleph Beta Academy. He has taught at Johns Hopkins University, and was a lead writer and editor for ArtScroll's Talmud translation project. Aleph Beta creates videos ...

Next to New York, Newport, Rhode Island, established by Roger Williams as a haven of tolerance for persons of all religious beliefs (he specifically included Jews), was the most important settlement ...

Crowds of Israelis gather in "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv as three Israeli men—Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy—are released after 491 days of captivity by Hamas in Gaza on Feb. 8, 2025. onathan ...

In the financial world, few things offer more comfort than receiving a large sum of cash. The challenge is how to handle a windfall responsibly based on the markets, economic environment, and personal ...

We often imagine the moment of Matan Torah as a scene of triumph, with thunder, revelation, and a nation rising to meet its destiny. But the Torah gives us a different emotional landscape. The people ...

There’s a story of two elderly men who had been childhood friends but had not seen each other in many years. One day, they ran into each other on the street, and were delighted to recognize one ...

Dafna Filshteiner, 12, holds a 3,500-year-old Egyptian scarab she found during a family hike. A 12-year-old girl hiking with her family stumbled upon a 3,500-year-old Egyptian amulet, the Israel ...

The Mishna (Sanhedrin 9:1) states that a murderer receives his death penalty via sayif (execution via sword, one of the four methods that a Jewish court would carry ...

“No one should be surprised by the ADL’s report that revealed over 20% of Zohran Mamdani’s transition team members hold extremist views and have ties with notoriously antisemitic organizations.

Zohran Mamdani during a campaign event in the Queens borough of New York City, on June 19. New York stands on the edge of a moral and political precipice. If Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor, it will ...