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San Francisco, go figure. Jews and Muslims may be divided on Jerusalem, but the Golden Gate Bridge city has managed to bridge the divide on a different issue of common interest:...

“Go. Transform. Be blessed.” These poetic words from Marvin Schenker, Executive Director of the Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst on Long Island, NY, was the farewell blessing at the Orthodox Union’s Third...

Last Shabbat, Minnesota was socked with a blizzard that was noteworthy even in a community used to such events. Because it was Shabbat, synagogues would be affected. Was it Shabbat as...

In Jewish context, whenever I hear the term “survivor”, the immediate word-association is “holocaust”. There are different types of holocausts and different sorts of survivors, but from time immemorial there has...

My mother, who at age 60 something attained enlightenment by earning the coveted Microsoft Certified Service Administration certification, absolutely bowled me over the other day with one of her 2 sentence...

This article first appeared October 17 in JTA I was saddened to hear of the death of Tyler Clementi, an 18-year-old college student driven to suicide by bullying over his sexual...

The saddest conversation I ever had took place a few years back with an out-of-town niece. She’d come to visit for a few precious days and at the end of our...

Create a “buddy system” in which volunteers help a special needs child follow along in the siddur during davening and in the Chumash during the Torah reading. Organize a “Special Needs...

Each week IPA staff and guest contributors take a look at the weekly parsha and discuss it in a way you may never have seen. Any hashkafic, halachic or political opinions...

Avraham Ballen is a bright 14-year old boy from Monsey with long side curls who loves Torah study, music and sports. He often helps his older brother, Yosef Binyamin, daven (pray)....