Teenagers all over the country experiment with alcohol, but kids in Orthodox Midwood are doing it at their local synagogue. It’s known as “shul-hopping:” boys in their early teens spend their Friday ...

The experience of going to shul should be meaningful, spiritual, and uplifting. Unfortunately, sometimes it’s difficult to find a shul that offers the right type of environment. How many times have ...

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May 22—Brian Shul, a former SR-71 pilot, published author and noted photographer, died Saturday night of an apparent heart attack in Reno, Nevada, after a speaking engagement and book signing, ...

Jun. 26—A celebration of life is planned for Friday in Marysville to honor and remember Brian Shul, a former SR-71 pilot, published author and noted photographer who died in late May. Scheduled to ...

As a child, I was told that I have to go to shul to pray. And like a lot of kids, my experience was neither fun nor interesting. And for a lot of people, because of that experience as a child, that’s ...

This may be one of the oldest Jewish jokes out there. A Jewish man is shipwrecked on a desert island. Working with available supplies he makes a whole community, including a shul. Eventually he is ...

When officers of Congregation Aish Kodesh, a popular Modern Orthodox shul in Woodmere, noticed that the the shul’s checks were bouncing, an investigation led to startling news. After a brief meeting, ...

When Sari and Jason Ciment decided it was time to move their two children out of their Pico-Robertson duplex and into a single-family house, they had one major requirement: to stay in the modern ...

A man in a crisp black suit stands outside the plate-glass doors on Crosby Street, checking off the names of the chosen on a clipboard. Young women with tousled hair and fashionable heels slip inside, ...

My shul is all over the news… but not for anything we did. We were on the receiving side of anti-government demonstrators breaking illegally into our locked building to distribute their hate-filled ...