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The Black Death was one of the worst pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of 100 million to 200 million people in...

“They want to audition you on the phone to play a new character — the mother of your “Rugrats” cartoon mother Didi — a grandmother from...

“How did you do it?” I asked my mother a few days after our kids’ schools closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Do what?” she responded. “How...

The very essence Passover is based on an understanding that it is spent in the company of others. The concept of someone spending the...

Many have suggested that we view COVID-19 as a test — of our resilience, unity, ability to restore our best selves. As a Manhattanite...

In the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial, a boisterous boy named Elliott darted away from his parents as they pushed their two younger sons...

The wise sees calamity and hides. This verse was cited by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Horodoker, writing from Tiberias in the aftermath of an epidemic in...

In a stunning turn of history, a tiny virus has united humanity. Suddenly, every human is fighting the same enemy. Tribal and sectarian rivalries...

As Americans adapt to the new normal of social distancing and stay-at-home orders, videoconferencing has become our lifeline. The likes of Zoom and FaceTime...

You are on a ship in the middle of a tempest. The ship is pitching and heaving. Water is sloshing over the deck. The...

Each of us is experiencing anxiety, discomfort and fear right now. We are living with real circumstances that have repercussions, unknowns and yet-to-unfold realities....

Orthodox Jewish dating isn’t like secular dating. In the Orthodox tradition, there isn’t supposed to be any contact — no kissing, no hugging, no holding...

Remember the BDS movement? Remember the rise in anti-Semitism? Remember Bernie Sanders and Mike Bloomberg? Remember the Iran deal? The covers of the Jewish Journal...

What happens when a married couple spends too much time at home together? Divorce, apparently. In China, local registrars are reporting a surge in couples filing...

Over the years I have sent (and received) numerous invitations that said, “In lieu of presents, your presence is your gift.” And I meant it....

Last night I dreamed that I awoke, showered, prayed and went to work. I got in my car and merged onto Pico Boulevard. I...

For anti-Israel advocacy non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which constantly attempt to demonize and delegitimize the Jewish state, the COVID-19 pandemic’s domination of the global news...

The good news: I have food, a roof over my head, a sweet (although needy) dog, two amazing kids and an incredible network of...

I recently joined the new Moise Safra Center on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Having spent most of my life in Ashkenazi synagogues...

I grew up in Miami but never participated in the spring break ritual because I was studying in a Yeshiva. So no doubt there...

On March 17, actress Rosanna Arquette published an anti-Semitic tweet about the coronavirus and Israel. She then tried to dodge the backlash by announcing...

We all are hunkered down. Schools, shuls and community centers are closed. Restaurants are empty. There is little joy in life right now, especially...

There have been very few times when I encountered someone or something and immediately thought, “This just feels right.”It happened when I met my...

I was late getting the memo that we Jews had jumped aboard the insane food-hoarding train. When I finally elbowed my way into the...

There are four men seeking national office in this year’s election. At the height of the current coronavirus pandemic, two of those men have...

The initial disruptions of COVID-19 are quickly becoming a way of life, but are we prepared for what may be on the horizon? We...

My aliyah story is a bit unusual because I moved to Israel after having been treated for the five years before for a Jewish...

On a frigid February day in 1988, I held my father’s hand as we walked through the nearly empty streets of Tehran. Roughly 30% of...

When the news first came that Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo had donated $100,000 to support the team’s arena employees and cover their salaries while...

They are the two words that may come to define our age: Social distancing. Long before disease experts were urging us to quarantine ourselves...