November is National Adoption Month and we had the pleasure of speaking with Chavie Bruk, who courageously shares her story with grace, wisdom, and levity. Married in her early twenties in 2006, ...

“I heard you don’t work Friday nights,” showrunners said to Shabbat observant Jeff Astrof of Friends. Astrof was explicit about his priority: Shabbat. The biggest television show could wait. Hear from ...

After a brutal year for Jewish press, this is the biggest win. Thank you Hashem.

Here are some common conversion questions which arise: ...

When Orthodox Jewish U.S. Army Specialist Daniel Agami was killed by an improvised IED in Iraq, he was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart among several other honors, and his parents earned the ...

Eighteen years ago, I sat nervously in my doctor’s office. It was a cold and sterile place. Under the fluorescent lights, as I watched the clock tick by, I felt uneasy and unable to sit still. I came ...

Jews don’t run Hollywood, but we started it, and if we want to fight antisemitism, we need to make sure that we tell proud and authentic stories through television and film using the same mechanisms ...

Are there any Torah sources to counter anxiety? To live in the present and not worry about the future? The election outcome is making me nervous. Dear A.C.- Thanks for your question. When I was 18, my ...

On the first full shabbos I kept, I had a wonderful time, but as I was walking to shul, I asked my host, “Do you really believe that all of those animals were in that ark?”Because it seemed difficult ...

Everyone’s talking about Nobody Wants This – the rom-com with “the hot rabbi” who loves being Jewish, the shiksa goddess who has a refreshing curiosity for his faith, and some nagging, stereotypical ...

They shouldn’t – it’s against Jewish law (Peripheral Vision is Whacked: Why We Must Judge Favorably). Many don’t and rather spending their lives helping and giving to all people (The Hasidic Jew Who ...

I grew up petrified of dogs. The very sight of one would have me running away and crossing the street. I remember feeling so scared, unsure of what the dog might do to me. The fear of the unknown was ...