Zach Shapiro

Dear all, As Ron and I assembled and decorated our Sukkah today, pieces kept falling down, vines got entangled, and we pricked ourselves with a safety pin

This week we celebrate Simchat Torah, when we complete Deuteronomy and go right back to the beginning with B'reisheet.

Dear all, I walked through the leaves All fallen on the ground Crunching beneath my feet A wondrous sound But one leaf shone bright Her green still within

A roundup of incidents, good and bad, happening on school campuses.

The onstage discussion was wide-ranging and underscored why Golan has endeared herself to the pro-Israel Jewish community while being appreciated by music lovers worldwide.

Dear all, One of the highlights of my recent time in Israel was a presentation in the library at the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion.

Dear all, One of these timers is accurate. One is not. Which is which? We often realize that time is relative. Some moments speed by. Others drag their

I read a blog recently in which a person shared, “As a Jew, I condemn Israel”. His post went on to vilify Israel for all the reasons we have become all too accustomed to seeing over the past 14 months.

Our piano has a broken key. It's just one key out of 88. It really shouldn't make a difference, right? Theoretically, I should just be able to compensate by playing other notes, or the same note in another octave.

Dear all, Last year during Chanukah, I snapped this photo (while Ron was driving). Over the year, I’ve looked at this as a reminder that at the darkest