My 77-year-old mother does not like stuff. She abhors clutter. She reuses everything. If you were to buy her a bottle of nice ...

Every year around Chanukah I am reminded of my time spent in Sunday school and the things we would do to prepare for the ...

As we enter the giving season, many families are beginning to think about their year-end charitable donations. This year, ...

We grew up hearing “the kids are alright,” a reassuring message that everything is fine, even when life is complicated, a ...

Many of the books by local children’s author Judy Laufer (pen name J.E. Laufer) features a character facing a difficult ...

In some parts of the world, burping after a meal is practically a compliment to the chef. In others, it’s the sort of thing ...

Lost in the kerfuffle over whether the U.S. Coast Guard would no longer consider the swastika as a symbol of hate was a far more troubling development in antisemitism. The ...

This week’s Torah portion, Vayishlach, deposits us into the dramatic ongoing narrative of Jacob’s life, as he prepares to ...

Following a visit in Turkey last week, Pope Leo XIV said that he had spoken with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about ...