Rachel Zamist has lived in the Passaic community for the past 32 years and has watched it grow and transition. She is the beaming mother of Mimi, a student at Rachel’s own alma mater, YBH.

Anniversaries are a time for reflection. This past Shabbat marked the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In addition to fireworks Last week we closed the book on this ...

Lessons for life—and politics—from the mortally wounded. There are very relevant lessons to be derived from a discussion of daf 43 in the Gemara of ...

This summer, while many children may be running away from school and books, I hope to make reading fun. I will be busy learning and ...

Jewish history has never been neutral terrain. From Avraham Avinu’s first command: “Lech lecha… el ha’aretz asher areka” to the prophets’ visions of return and ...