With the disclosure that no one in my family is a dentist and with reminding everyone of best health practices (i.e., don’t give your kids too much candy), I will say with certainty that the ...

Rabbi Soille davened at the Beth Jacob synagogue which was located at the time in North Park.  While the synagogue did not ...

Every once in a while we are treated to the induction ceremony of soldiers which takes place in the large open area above the Kotel. Sweet and handsome, these 18 year olds solemnly swear to defend our ...

In 1928, on Yom Kippur, Jews decided to bring benches and chairs to sit while they prayed, and they also brought a mechitza, in this case, a flimsy portable partition to separate men from women. This ...

Transgender people have it even harder. Since Orthodox congregations seat men and women separately with a divider in the middle, called a mechitza, trans people must often sit in the section ...