Indeed, bar or bat mitzvah training today has become increasingly reliant on technology to complement learning — from YouTube videos of kids chanting and online lessons with a cantor or tutor to ...

Why do we need to tell our kids that they can’t do important things for their own sake, but only to get some kind of reward? The notion of manicures for middle school girls in a Jewish school disturbs ...

Fohrman taught himself how to create animated, narrated videos, and in 2011 formed Aleph Beta Academy, through which he released the videos. The academy, which is sponsored by the Hoffberger ...

The traditional response to finishing the Torah — “Strong, strong may we be strengthened” — was a balm in a terrifying moment, writes a mother and writer. JERUSALEM (JTA) — I was chanting from the ...

I was chanting from the Torah in synagogue when the first siren went off. It was the morning of Simchat Torah, the holiday celebrating our commitment to read the entire Torah over the year, starting ...