Back in July 2021, I first had the pleasure of interviewing writer, director, producer and studio head Brian Volk-Weiss for a second time. He...

Thank you USA Travel IPW 2021! It was great to be back in person and talk TRAVEL! https://youtu.be/jrZnJM_Q7Uk What is IPW? U.S. Travel Association’s IPW will continue...

Over the course of several days, tens of thousands of people around the world learned Rabbi Sacks-inspired Torah together in what must surely have been one of the most unique events in Torah-study history.

Toldot follows Isaac as he sojourns in the desert city of Be'er Sheva, digging up wells that his father had once dug and rededicating them.

By Ken Lindner, author of Aspire Higher The choices that you make can profoundly change your life! The state of your life, your feelings of...

Sarah’s lifetime — the years of Sarah’s life — came to 100 years and twenty years and seven years. 

Dear all, Last Sunday I set out to ride 36 miles in the Tour de Summer Camps. I so appreciated all those who supported this cause....

As the founder and leader of Open Temple, I made a decision from which, since the start of the pandemic, we have not backed down: we will remain Open. 

When I researched this week’s cover story on the future of American synagogues in the wake of the pandemic, I noted a strange ambivalence.

The connection between cherishing our voting rights and the long, drawn out process of reviewing the census data every 10 years to draw voting districts often goes unnoticed by the larger population.

Terry McAuliffe tried to ride Trump-hatred to victory in yesterday’s election. The problem is that Trump is no longer in the White House.

I met David Eichel in fifth grade. He was one of my oldest and dearest friends. David died this year.

As climate change and land development projects persist around the world, vernal pools are becoming increasingly difficult to protect around the world. How are they faring in Israel, and what can be done to preserve those that remain?

Yesterday I attended the first day of the American Film Market event, which is being held online this year from November 1 to November...

Harlem is a place known for its rich history—from Black music, literature, and culture, to Jewish artistry and community.

Omar has actually positioned herself to do something positive for the American Jewish community. And we should take advantage of it.

One afternoon, my mother and father sat at the kitchen table in our house in the peace capital of the world, Tehran, to discuss my upcoming sixth birthday.

The modern age is a secular one and organized religion may be facing its greatest crisis in history.

Last week the Israeli Ministry of Defense designated six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organizations.

For the first time in history, the state is set to lose a congressional seat. California will go from 53 seats in the U.S. House to 52 this year. The question is: which one?

Maybe there should be a Grinch to steal Halloween. I still don’t understand its appeal.

Oct News 2021 with Lisa Niver & We Said Go Travel: October was definitely ROCK-TOBER for me! I won third place at the Southern California Journalism...

The method by which one chooses a spouse is less significant than we might imagine; there are models of both romantic and arranged marriages in the Torah.

(Introduction 2021: Our Torah portion, Chayei Sarah, is a good example of how the Bible changes its rhythm for literary purpose. The Bible is...

I want to ensure that anyone out there who has a school, hospital or company which could find it useful to give its employees, families, friends a chance to ask questions, I am happy to be that person for you.

In Chayei Sarah, the scale is reduced. This is a story about a family as it is touched by the loss of its matriarch and then expanded by the addition of a new member.

Bobby Slayton – nicknamed both “Yid Vicious” and “The Pit Bull Of Comedy” to those who know him well -- has been performing his...

Cohen was a happy Jewish mother and wife who was involved in her synagogue, sent her kids to Jewish camps, car-pooled, and enjoyed family barbecues and weekends in Wisconsin. But her life changed forever when she learned about the Soviet Jewish struggle.

Dear all, I know I am not the only one who has faced this hurdle when trying to log on. It’s especially frustrating when we...

Facing 500 community members who had come to honor him as he ends his 12-year tenure as head of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, Jay Sanderson found himself in an unusual position: speechless.