Rabbi Akiva refused to see suffering as the end of the story, hopefully we can learn from his perspective and find hope in ...

On Saturday, May 17th, 2025 (19 Iyar 5785), Addie Poel, daughter of Matt & Sarah Poel, will be called to the Torah as Bet ...

After it was recently revealed that the Yartzeit of the great Rabbi Yitzchak Aizik Krasilschikov zt"l, known as "Der Poltaver Gaon,’ is on the 10th of Iyar, the Moscow community conducted a search and ...

May is Mental Health Awareness month. As the Blue Dove Foundation says on its website, the Jewish and interfaith communities ...

The Lag Ba’omer tradition of children playing with bows and arrows is associated with the Bar Kochba revolt. Rabbi Akiva’s ...

A clarification of the many false claims made about Herzl, some of which caused the Haredi community to look askance upon ...

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Raging wildfires that threatened Jerusalem are finally under control, Israel’s fire and rescue service has said, following a ...

Happy Yom Ha’atzmaot! Today is the 77th Israel Independence Day. 📓 This week we’re dedicating Y’alla to the under 25 set – the college students who are bearing down to finish finals and move out of ...

Raging wildfires that threatened Jerusalem are finally under control, Israel’s fire and rescue service has said, following a ...

Chasidim and Bochurim joined a Farbrengen at 770 Eastern Parkway to mark the auspicious day of Beis Iyar, the birthday of the ...

The ceremony that traditionally marks the start of Yom Ha'atzmaut was canceled due to a massive blaze in the nearby hills and ...