When Gavriel Kedem became a bar mitzvah, he was focused on the usual things: chanting the parsha, giving his dvar, the people watching. He wasn’t thinking about it as a historic moment. But it was — ...

It was when my daughter turned twelve that I realized how utterly financially illiterate she was — I had yet to teach her the meaning of a dollar, the definition of a budget, the art of choosing ...

Last week we noted the view that reading Parshiyot Zachor and Parah is biblically mandated. We also noted that that the Ba’al Ha’Itur considers a bar mitzvah boy to be a minor. But why? Isn’t a bar ...

A World War II veteran rang in his 102nd birthday surrounded by loved ones in Florida — but said “the best is yet to come” as he sets out to cross off his bucket-list goals, including a long-awaited ...