There’s a house in Kibbutz Nir Oz, an Israeli community near the Gaza border, that used to be the Siman Tov family’s home.

The giant, two-sided display at the Chicago Cultural Center depicts Uncle Sam on one side and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Kinas sofrim (the envy of scholars) can actually be a good thing; it’s the Torah phrase for healthy competitiveness in the learning of Torah, to fight for the truth.