On the night of August 18, Israeli aircraft struck the Abu al-Duhur airbase in Syria’s Idlib province. The target was not Iranian. It was not a jihadist training camp. Israel cratered the runway to ...

Friday, the New York City Health Department released its first comprehensive evaluation of the Congestion Relief Zone Tolling ...

The Gemara teaches that on Rosh Hashanah, G-d remembered Sarah, Rachel, and Hannah for their infertility and bore them children. Each is mentioned in the Rosh Hashanah Torah and Haftarah readings.

I do try to have an inspirational davening on Yom Kippur, but it’s tough to stay focused and not count the pages every half hour. There’s a certain joy we get realizing that the number of pages in the ...

Saul Jay Singer serves as senior legal ethics counsel with the District of Columbia Bar and is a collector of extraordinary original Judaica documents and letters. He welcomes comments at at sauljsing ...

Elul asks something subtler of us: introspection, to notice where we have drifted and begin walking back before the Day of ...

Our daf continues the discussion of forbidden mixtures of foods and associated problems encountered. We center on a meat-and-milk issue as it relates to fish, which, though pareve, may never be eaten ...

It seems clear to me that next year’s legislative session will have a different look to it. It is likely the session will be filled with acrimony and hostility towards Jews and Israel as the ...

As America marks 250 years since its founding, I’d like to focus on a story rarely told with the prominence it deserves: the central role Jewish Americans have played in building the nation's ...

As we approach Tisha B’Av, a day to reflect on loss, exile, grief, and the enduring strength of our people, I find myself thinking about personal loss and the sacred responsibility of how we care for ...

(July 28, 2026 / Pesach Benson/TPS-IL) Thousands of archaeological items, including coins and artifacts from the Persian (539–332 BCE), Hellenistic (332–140 BCE) and Hasmonean (140–37 BCE) periods in ...

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 ...