(JTA) — For Samir Patel, the term “goy” is no slur. It’s a point of pride. Patel is a manager of Suhag Wine & Liquors, a family-owned business in the heavily Orthodox neighborhood of Kew Gardens Hills ...

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The Yosef saga, defined by dreams and cruelty; with Yosef’s brothers throwing him into a pit and then selling him to a caravan heading to Egypt, the tests and challenges that followed, was clearly ...

EL CAJON, California — Good Shabbos, and Shabbasgiving sameach. As we come together the night after Thanksgiving, it’s meaningful to reflect on how beautifully the themes of the holiday align with ...

Walking through the streets of Teaneck this past Shabbos, I started thinking about a “Good Shabbos” game my brothers and I used to play each week as we made our way across town. “P’jms.” My ...

The book Here Comes Shabbos! is about a family baking, cooking, polishing silver, shining shoes, shopping and cleaning for Shabbos. The activities begin on Friday morning and only conclude shortly ...

“Until I was 16 years old, my father, a traveling salesman, would be out of town all week long,” my friend Dovid related. “Really? You didn’t feel like an orphan?” I asked him. “Not at all,” he ...

Comedian David Brenner once said, “So, I’m in New York and I say to someone, ‘Have a nice day.’ He looks at me and says, ‘No thanks. I’ve got other plans.’ ” On many Shabbats, I walked with a friend ...

“You have come across as the most arrogant local newscaster I have ever encountered,” Mr. Noren wrote in the missive he released today. The first email published by Mr. Noren was one he sent to Ms.

Photo courtesy of Jonah Light Photography. On a recent Friday evening, I walked up my street at a brisk pace. One of the great blessings in my life is Rabbi Yekusiel Kalmenson’s Kabbalos Shabbos ...