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My grandfather’s Passover Seder A raging fire burned through Europe through the years 1939 – 1945, destroying European Jewry. Mendel and Moshe Brachfeld – my...

Marking 90 years since Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn’s international campaign It was the end of 1928, and food shortages were once again starting to hit...

The huge effigy was said to represent the Jewish biblical character of Judas Iscariot Edited by: JV Staff The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Sunday slammed...

76 years ago, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising broke out on April 19, 1943, the eve of the Jewish festival of Passover.  German troops stormed...

We all want good and thoughtful ideas to share at the Seder. This collection of short and deep insights for the Seder are organized...

There is a small, yet very vocal and influential group of “anti-vaxxers” living in our heimishecommunities. While I am not questioning their love for their...

Agudath Israel of America is deeply concerned about the recent outbreak of measles and the threat it poses to communities around the country. For that...

The Rabbinical Alliance of America – Igud HaRabonim, representing nearly one thousand Orthodox rabbis serving throughout the United States – emphatically censures any attempts...

How can we identify with the Jewish slaves today? “In every generation each individual is bound to regard himself as if he had gone personally...

WHAT DOES OU-P MEAN? The OU-P symbol means that the OU has certified a product bearing that label as Kosher for Passover. To receive such...

Most of us have experienced a phase earlier in our lives, perhaps in high school, during which we dreamed of some specific career. It...