A well-chosen book can bring a kid hours of pleasure and also instills a love of reading, an activity that will serve them well in the years ahead.
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/books/book-reviews/chanukah-book-roundup-2023/2023/11/30/
Students expressed their gratitude to the volunteers in a two-minute video, sharing how they went from feeling frightened to uplifted in the span of just a few short days.
I saw what was happening in our city and country, I decided that I couldn’t sit back anymore, Vernikov told The Jewish Press. As someone who immigrated from a place that wasn’t free, I wanted...
Tuition prices getting you down? Read how one yeshiva in upstate NY is slashing its prices.
After being liberated in January 1945 by the Red Army, the 51-year-old Friedmann discovered that the hundreds of works he had left behind in Berlin and in Prague were all gone, looted by the Nazi...
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/a-legacy-restored/2023/02/08/
For people like me, who already have quite the cookbook collection, Best of Kosher is a great resource, saving me endless minutes of thumbing through book after book in search of a favorite recip...
With so many excellent choices, there’s no time like the present to instill a love of reading in your children and with wonderful books like these, you might just find yourself borrowing a few ...
All classes are to be given exclusively in English by a competent teacher, with remedial instruction provided as needed for students to become proficient in English.
Imagine a crowd of 50,000 or even more praying in Uman and decide to shoot missiles, said Korniychuk. Can you guarantee that won’t happen after they were shelling shopping malls and kindergart...
Everyone is frantic, because this isn’t like hand sanitizer where you can just use a different brand, said Bernstein.
If you are a doctor, once you start working you can’t just pull away from your rounds to go daven, even if you do it on your own without a minyan.
There is something magical about being able to touch physical pages and turn them one by one as a narrative unfolds.
It’s not just that having children who love to read will buy you some well deserved quiet time – as every self-respecting teacher will tell you, getting kids to enjoy reading offers tremendou...
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/books/book-reviews/literature-for-littles/2020/12/06/
When you wear a yarmulka or a sheitel, you are wearing a uniform of sorts that represents your service to a higher power. That type of pride carries over perfectly into the pride of being a repre...
“What made this successful is that it wasn’t just people calling from the outside to complain but also people on the inside working it out,” explained Rabbi Taragin.
Rabbi Michoel Green, overseas director of Sharfman’s seminary, described a year in Israel for gap year students as an incomparable educational opportunity.
“In America, we need more prayer, not less,” said the president.
His lack of leadership during the critical early days makes him indirectly responsible for having killed many New Yorkers.
Hoping to ease mourners’ pain and to properly recognize those who were gone, Eli set about to build a website that, true to its name, would allow friends and family members to pay their final r...
It now provides twice weekly kosher food packages to the homebound and others in need of assistance, including recovering coronavirus victims.
I polled my kids to find out what stood out in their minds, hoping that their recollections went beyond a cranky mommy who wasn’t always at her best.
https://www.jewishpress.com/judaism/holidays/from-pesach-fear-to-pesach-cheer/2020/04/14/
At Monsey's Yeshiva Ketana Ohr Reuven, four-year-old Tani Kahana has been davening together with his class on a video chat.
As my husband reminded me as I meticulously folded bags into neat little packages over the last three months to hoard them for future use, the fact that bags will no longer be free in stores does...
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/magazine/potpourri/in-the-bag/2020/03/08/
Given the subject matter, it seems appropriate for this cookbook to open with a chapter on food safety since giving your family food poisoning by feeding them spoiled ingredients is definitely so...
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/food/recipes/new-cookbooks-spark-kitchen-creativity/2020/03/02/
Tzipi spends hours with parents, holding hands and offering both solace and a listening ear.
A coat of paint in a cheerful color or a roll or two of wallpaper can definitely inject a touch of style into your pantry.
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/magazine/for-the-home/pantry-proud/2020/02/09/
So much of our lives revolve around food. In addition to eating our three squares every day, there is a signature dish for every Jewish holiday and we all get a good chuckle when we hear about pe...
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/food/recipes/fast-healthy-doable-and-delicious/2020/01/31/
I would say that that oven was 45-years-old when it finally baked its last pan of brownies and was relegated to the great big kitchen in the sky.
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/magazine/potpourri/dependable-no-more/2020/01/06/
The menorahs are polished, the dreidels are ready to make their annual appearance and donuts and latkes seem to be just about everywhere. Yup, Chanukah is here and whether you are looking for new...
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/food/recipes/whos-ready-for-a-delicious-chanukah/2019/12/23/
When we bought our house in 1990, it never occurred to me that I would one day be living near a location that would draw 25,000 visitors in a single day.
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/features/reverence-for-the-ribnitzer/2019/12/20/
Whether it’s hearty soups oozing with seasonal flavors or the scent of chocolate chip cookies wafting through your home, December was made for the kitchen – and thus the perfect season to che...
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/food/recipes/recipes-of-yesterday-and-today/2019/12/16/
“It takes a lot of emunah and courage and bitachon to even pray for such a thing,” said Rabbi Unger. “So many tefilos and Baruch Hashem, we are standing here, so I really ask all of you to ...
I have had more than a few people tell me that they use their phones to do just about everything except making calls.
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/magazine/potpourri/phone-fun/2019/12/07/
Of course, there was plenty to see that had nothing to do with organic, gluten free, non-GMO and vegan fare.
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/food/kashrut-scene/the-biggest-treasure-hunt-of-all/2019/12/02/
I know, after all of those Yom Tov meals, you may still be on hiatus from kitchen duty, but these two cookbooks might have you rethinking that decision.
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/food/recipes/cooking-outside-the-box/2019/11/11/
The list of potential sartorial mishaps goes on and on, but thankfully, there are plenty of fixes to save the day as well as steps you can take to prevent problems from ever occurring in the firs...
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/magazine/for-the-home/fashion-first-aid/2019/11/04/
We are living in a society where the bar gets raised higher and higher every year, and where today's splurge becomes tomorrow's necessity.
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/magazine/for-the-home/just-say-no-2/2019/10/07/
For about 12 seconds, I contemplated selling them on eBay, but mailing liquids sounded like an adventure that could only have an unhappy ending.
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/magazine/for-the-home/youre-doing-what-with-that/2019/09/08/
Requests submitted by The Jewish Press under the Freedom Of Information Law for clarifications of the proposed regulations produced conflicting answers.
On that rare occasion that he actually gained a pound or two, my father would watch what he ate for two days and – poof! – he was back to his wedding weight again.
https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/magazine/for-the-home/mind-over-matter/2019/08/02/