Like most people, I only knew you for 68 seconds a day.

The meeting was daily. At least most of the time. As I pulled into the driveway in front of school, glancing at my watch while pulling a brush through the hair of one of my kids. Holding the…

You can pick your friends, but not your family.

That’s what I’ve always been told. But from a young age I began to wonder whether the old saying was really true. Don’t you choose a spouse? That seemed to completely disprove the adage. As I grew older, I learned that…

More than 200 people gathered in Broward County on Wednesday to meet Roi Amitai, the sole survivor of last July’s brutal Hamas attack, which resulted in the deaths of two Israeli soldiers and the kidnapping of Corporal Gilad Shalit.

Jointly sponsored by One Family Fund, an organization dedicated…

Leah Larson sits at the computer in her bedroom, checking her e-mail for new subscription orders, feedback from readers, and ad requests from companies. Later, she’ll consult with her editorial board about article ideas, dream up a cover concept, and review an article about a Jewish girl from…

Prozac, Zoloft, Wellbutrin, move over. Your days are numbered. The pharmaceutical industry will lose billions in revenue after readers get their hands on this book. Simply put, Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis’ new book, "Life Is a Test - How To Meet Life’s Challenges Successfully," (Mesorah Publications) is the spiritual…

They are forever joined in an iconic image of the rabbi and the preacher marching arm in arm for civil rights, but Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King Jr. are this year linked in commemoration as well.

As Americans pause to…

While he rode his bicycle through the Negev Desert, Eric Schachar felt the sun scorching his shoulders and the warm desert wind whipping his face. "The air was so dry that my sweat evaporated immediately," he recalls, "making the temperature feel cooler than it really was." Deceived by the…

Dirty, tattered clothes hang from the windows of deteriorating buildings; old, broken-down cars rattle up grimy streets; shattered signs written in Spanish hang over broken storefronts. Welcome to Havana , Cuba !

Jennifer Recant had traveled more than 1,000 miles from her home in Wyckoff , New Jersey…

BOCA RATON, FL: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg has been named Senior Rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue (BRS). The announcement was made by Joseph Bensmihen, President of the Synagogue. He said, "Rabbi Goldberg brings to this position a unique set of skills: intimate knowledge of the community, outstanding pastoral skills,…

Asher Gritz, 8, knows what it's like to wither under the hot sun, with little or no energy to play sports or climb the monkey bars.

As a healthy 13-year-old, Noah Lasko is less familiar with what Asher's daily life was like when he was undergoing treatment for…

When Zach Gartenberg's younger brother Mori was two years old he stopped talking and never spoke again. He had trouble following directions, and sometimes would get so mad he would bang his head on the floor. Once, he took ice cream out of the freezer, dumped it on the…

Young Ron Neuman is already following in the footsteps of his philanthropic parents.

A fourth grader at Temple Kol Ami-Emanu-El Day School, 10-year-old Ron recently took a nice chunk of his birthday money, $40 to be exact, and made it into a gift for the UJCBC annual campaign.

The…

Walking the streets near her home in New York City, Shifra Mincer frequently saw homeless people in their ripped and tattered clothes, and the girl would shudder, thinking how different they were from her. Then one day when she was in sixth grade, her teacher invited students to help…

The Jewish Education Commission of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County announced that Carol Raphan, a teacher at the Barry Ira Graff School for Living Judaism at Congregation B'nai Israel of Boca Raton, has won the 2005 Outstanding Achievement in Jewish Education (OAJE) Award.

Since…

Eleven year old friends Adina Lewis and Chelsea Glusky decided that they really didn't need any more presents for their birthdays, which came only days apart.

Instead, the two fifth graders at the David Posnack Hebrew Day School felt there were lots of people around the…