At 3 a.m. EST today, people began celebrating at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., hoping to eventually catch a glimpse of Punxsutawney Phil [...]

On this day, in 1949, the United States first celebrated National Freedom Day, the landmark creation of Richard R. Wright. Born into slavery [...]

משנכנס אדר מרבין בשמחה “When one enters Adar, one increases joy.” Tonight marks Rosh Hodesh, the beginning of the Jewish lunar month of [...]

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” — Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus, 1883. This week’s Torah portion, Parashat [...]

In Parashat Va-eria, Moses begins his sacred duties by bringing the Israelites news of their impending deliverance, but the Israelites cannot hear his [...]

This week’s Torah portion, Parashat Va-eira, moves the tale of our ancestors’ servitude in Egypt toward redemption, as Moses confronts Pharaoh and unleashes the [...]

Last week, Jews throughout the world once again began the Book of Exodus, returning to the beginning of our people’s story of oppression [...]

“It’s amazing. My kids love it. There are no more arguments about getting up on a Sunday morning, and my children are discovering [...]

“This is my home. Why would I be anywhere else tonight?”  With so many demands on our teens’ time today, it may seem [...]

“I thought about switching to a 1:1 tutor for Hebrew, because we had extracurriculars… But my son made us change his extracurricular schedule, [...]