Marcia Friedman has been writing for The Jewish Press for over 20 years. She can be reached at: [email protected].

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Rabbi David Fohrman is the dean of Aleph Beta Academy. He has taught at Johns Hopkins University, and was a lead writer and editor for ArtScroll's Talmud translation project. Aleph Beta creates videos ...

Where will the market end in 2026? What sectors will be the best performers in the new year? If you had to invest $1 million in one area of the market for 2026, what would it be? Where will the market ...

“No one should be surprised by the ADL’s report that revealed over 20% of Zohran Mamdani’s transition team members hold extremist views and have ties with notoriously antisemitic organizations.

There’s a story of two elderly men who had been childhood friends but had not seen each other in many years. One day, they ran into each other on the street, and were delighted to recognize one ...

The author (right) in shul with his father’s first cousin Larry Ciment. The plaque behind them is dedicated to the author’s grandparents and the one on the right to Larry Ciment’s parents. I have a ...

In the financial world, few things offer more comfort than receiving a large sum of cash. The challenge is how to handle a windfall responsibly based on the markets, economic environment, and personal ...

We often imagine the moment of Matan Torah as a scene of triumph, with thunder, revelation, and a nation rising to meet its destiny. But the Torah gives us a different emotional landscape. The people ...

Dafna Filshteiner, 12, holds a 3,500-year-old Egyptian scarab she found during a family hike. A 12-year-old girl hiking with her family stumbled upon a 3,500-year-old Egyptian amulet, the Israel ...

Israeli military Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir visiting soldiers in a buffer zone along the Syrian border on March 9, 2025. The conflict in Syria took a gruesome turn as reports emerged on Sunday ...

Bronze sculpture of an ibex from Iran, 1st millennium BCE. Fishes are not named in either sedra – only the requirement of having fins and scales. Be aware that fish can have different types of scales ...