A little more than 50 years ago, on December 6, 1975, a makeshift Shabbat prayer service was held in the cavernous ballroom of Lincoln Square Synagogue, which was then located on West 69th Street and ...

Candles seem to be used in a lot of different ways for Jewish people. I personally was never sure what happens at Orthodox bat mitzvahs, but I just know that it may or may not involve some sort of ...

Dovi Meles holds a masters degree in social work from Temple University and a BA in Psychology from Yeshiva University. He has held numerous positions within Jewish non-profit organizations. In his ...

Rabbi Yitzchak Shmuel Ackerman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with specialties in marriage, relationships, and parenting. He works with parents and educators, and conducts parenting seminars ...

Thanks to her efforts, domestic violence is now on the national Jewish agenda. But the Rebbetzin didn’t simply raise awareness; she opened safe houses across the country, trained volunteers to provide ...

Dr. Chani Miller is an optometrist and writer who lives in Highland Park, N.J., with her family. She is a frequent contributor to The Jewish Press.

Martin Bodek is an avid marathoner, Daf Yomi participant, Wordler, vexillologist, halvah aficionado, author of parody haggadot (you may have some), and a sit-down comedian.

Gital Dodelson, the “chained” woman featured on the front page of the New York Post last fall, says she has received a get, or... Two relatives of the man who has refused to give his wife a religious ...

One of the more unusual and intriguing manuscripts to pass through my hands recently is a handwritten manual of practical Kabbalah titled Goralot Achithophel – a work that sits at the crossroads of ...

Elvis Aaron Presley (1935-1977), aka “The King of Rock and Roll,” is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the twentieth century and has long been one of the most ...

For all of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s grandiose plans, they will come to very little if Governor Kathy Hochul does not cooperate. Mamdani ran on an “affordability agenda” that includes, among other ...

An artist’s rendering of part of the new Visitor Center. It was a beautiful, clear day last week – the typical early winter weather that feels more like spring – when I visited Jerusalem’s hallowed ...