At the Chassidic Art Institute one artist, Harry McCormick, has rather amazingly fathomed the authentic heartbeat of the individual Jewish life. This exhibition, running until July 25, shows a mere 16 ...

Despite its apparent antiquity and worldwide familiarity, the custom of placing written prayers into the crevices of the Western Wall is neither biblical nor talmudic in origin. Rather, it is a ...

The New York City Police Department convened its annual High Holiday Security Briefing at NYPD Headquarters at One Police Plaza, detailing comprehensive multi-layered security protocols, enhanced ...

Rabbi Samuel Belkin (1911-1976) was one of the most consequential figures in the history of American Jewish higher education. A rabbinic prodigy trained in the great Lithuanian yeshivot, a classically ...

The first mention of Mount Sinai in the Torah does not occur amidst thunder, lightning, and the giving of the Ten Commandments. It appears much earlier, when Moshe, tending the sheep of his ...

Vezos ha’beracha – And this is the blessing that Moshe, the man of G-d, gave the people of Israel before his death (33:1). A similar thing happened to Moshe. Just before he died, G-d took him up to ...

Adolf Eichmann was executed on June 1, 1962, after one of the most thorough and procedurally rigorous criminal trials in modern history. Following his capture in Argentina and transfer to Israel, he ...

Any comprehensive series on hashkafa must address perspectives on the State of Israel. This issue represents a major point of division among Torah-observant Jews, not only due to ongoing debate but ...

There are books that one reads, books that one studies, and then, once in a great while, there is a book that allows you to watch someone else study. That is what happened when this 1580 Cracow ...