There’s a story, a parable, on giving over lessons by the Maggid of Dubno that I really enjoy, so I’ll just repeat it here: There was once a man walking through a forest and as he walked, he noticed ...

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 ...

Marcia Friedman has been writing for The Jewish Press for over 20 years. She can be reached at: marcia@amiraculousproduction.com.

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Acclaimed a cappella group Six13 just released a new Chanukah video – a good enough reason to meet and talk to them about their music. And about the trend over the last decade or so among Jewish a ...

Spaniards are famous for eating dinner quite late; on the second night of Shavuot, Jews can compete. The Spanish-like timing of this seudah stems from the fact that one may not even begin to prepare ...

Walter Disney (1901-66), a worldwide cultural icon, was an animator, film producer, and entrepreneur credited with pioneering the American animation industry. His films, which are beloved worldwide, ...

I have a brother-in-law who is brilliant with weather. He understands weather-related jargon and pronounces precipitation correctly every time. (I never do.) Whenever we have any weather-related ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...