Robert Riemer, 16, went reluctantly to the first meeting of Shevet Achim: The Brotherhood at his synagogue. The program for ninth-grade boys at Larchmont Temple

He is 8 days old. With his well-formed features and smooth bright face, he is a handsome little boy. He seems at peace with the

Starting work at the World Zionist Organization in Jerusalem in 1973, fresh out of college, one of my first decisions was choosing my elective holiday.

When my husband was let go from his job with a nonprofit due to downsizing, we were filled with uncertainty and terror for the future.

The Museum of Jewish Heritage. Photo courtesy of WikiCommons. “Look—there’s the museum!” That’s what one of us said every time the familiar building came into

“Stressful?” asks a British colleague, who has just survived it. “There should be a government health warning about moving house!” She has a point. Moving

In Alabama 100 years ago, midwives wrapped a laboring woman in her husband’s shirt and cap, so his energy could help her with the birth.

Isaac Soloway may be a fairly typical Los Angeles Jewish teenager, but his bar mitzva was anything but the standard Jewish coming-of-age ritual. The event