This past winter break, a new and exciting college winter learning retreat—Study on the Slopes—debuted with great success, ...

There were a couple of notable things about the annual dinner held on Mother’s Day by the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. The dinner celebrated the 30th anniversary of Drisha — a small but ...

“Between the Lines of the Bible: A Study From the New School of Orthodox Torah Commentary,” by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom (Yashar Books) Besotted with Torah. That’s the phrase that springs to mind when ...

Week by week, portion by portion, we began making our way through the five books of Moses, and then the books of the prophets and the sacred writings. Being a rabbinical student, Torah study was ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — One of these days, maybe ahead of Simchat Torah, you are going to attend a Jewish studies class. Or not. But let’s say you do. You’ll sit in a classroom, or a lounge, or in the front ...

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In Israel today, the Haredi question is no longer a marginal sociological issue. It sits at the center of our politics, our economy, and our social fabric: mass draft exemptions, low male workforce ...

(RNS) — The six-hour online Torah-fest may be a harbinger of the kinds of creative changes in Jewish communal life resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. (RNS) — On the eve of Shavuot, the Jewish ...

Why do we need to tell our kids that they can’t do important things for their own sake, but only to get some kind of reward? The notion of manicures for middle school girls in a Jewish school disturbs ...