I just read in the newspaper (here in the US of A) about a study that was conducted regarding the proliferation of checking email while in c...

Two biggies right away... 1. No Birkat Kohanim. In Israel the kohanim do birkat kohanim every day. In chutz la'aretz, only on the holida...

I was aware of the reputation Israeli travelers have as being loud, obnoxious, brash, and more. We read often in the papers, after vacation ...

This is a public service announcement... The second yahrtzeit for the Gush Katif communities falls out on Thursday. They were destroyed two ...

Rabbi Zev Leff gives over the Tisha B'Av kinos every year with a lengthy drasha explaining various kinos. The event is very popular and ...

Just when you thought the world was coming to an end, as baseball came to Israel, the next piece of news should surely be harbinger of the M...

I am not a very creative person. Nor am I very imaginative or handy. My son, on the other hand, is pretty creative and handy. Or maybe he ju...

We were in Yerushalayim for shabbos. I took advantage and walked to the kotel to daven vasikin. The walk to the kotel at a brisk pace and go...

at Reb Chaim HaQoton ....

It was not really much of an adventure, but I guess it qualifies for my "adventures in Eretz Yisrael" series... I have not been to...

Are you familiar with those signs on the backs of trucks and delivery vans that say "How am I driving? Call now at 123-4567"? Well...

Rabbi Tal Zwecker has started a new blog called RBS A News . His first post is about charedim in RBS A who are upset about the graffiti abou...

Here is a shiur from Rabbi Chaim Richman for this shabbos, Shabbos Chazon, the shabbos before 9 Av.

Machon Shilo has published a Hebrew-language dirge ("kinna") for the destroyed communities of Gush Katif and the northern Sa...

The Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive has been completed and is online..There is plenty appropriate material there for the Nine Days....

A lot of people complain about Israel that it is so hard to do anything here. You can't just go and order something you need. You never ...