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The challenges of raising two special-needs children from foster care and conflicting parenting styles proved too stressful for her husband. Devorah, however, was determined to proceed with adoption.

While Jewish law does not have a doctrine of binding precedent, there is still a notion of persuasive precedent.

It’s highly doubtful that anyone visiting Palmahim Beach a while back would have taken much notice of the two young women sitting on the sand together engrossed in conversation.

From the Russian Revolution to the earliest days of the State of Israel, a young man’s idealism and hard work continue to inspire today.

2020 marks 300 years since we were gifted with the extraordinary Torah mind of the Vilna Gaon.

A new museum of Bangkok’s notorious red-light district is the brainchild of a ‘culturally Jewish’ Austrian with a colorful family history.

A week after his victory, Johnson made an encouraging pledge to combat boycotts against Israel, saying it tends to be targeted with “nauseating frequency.”

Mordechai Ben-Porat led an airlift of some 130,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel.

The most important question is why the Jews at Masada stopped fighting.

Our friends, when we told them of our plans, mostly thought we were nuts. “Why would you go to Egypt?” - “Aren’t you scared to go to Egypt?!”

שֶלֶג עַל עִירִי

“For me, Sinai is perfect because it’s a combination of desert and the sea,” she said. “Who needs more than the beach and a book?”

To understand how we’ve been led down a path to poor health let’s look at the influences that have been shaping our eating habits. We’ve been subjected to myths, untruths and misinformation.

Halina Silber tells her story of being saved via Schindler’s list and rebuilding her life in America.

What olim say, happenings and turkey tips

Will the most recent election lead to balancing out some of the latest trends so that conflict over the rule of law calms down a bit?

“Meditation was something I was aware of, but I hadn’t engaged in it at all at that time,” Jacobson-Maisels says.

Yiddish is doing a lot better than Hopi or Gaelic.

“Twenty years! Hard to believe,” he beams when we meet in his airy office. “I look upon the festival as a child who was born and has grown up,” said Bnaya.

חוּטִים שֶל גֶשֶם

“We’ve had quite a few people from abroad come to play at the club,” notes Philippa Bacal, who has, basically, served as chief cook and bottle washer of the folkie enterprise for the past nine years.

The Taste of the World Festival, newly arrived to Jerusalem, felt similar to the Eurovision village in Tel Aviv for the international music festival earlier this year.

What do see across the country.

Improved security control in face of terrorism shifts focus to country’s beauty, diversity