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My name is David Cheifetz and I am a victim of childhood sex abuse in a Jewish institution.

For more on Jewish early childhood education, see "Early Engagement Crucial for Unaffiliated Families."

When Brian Seely and his husband Tim Seely adopted their son Gabe, they agreed to give him a Jewish education.

Drake’s, the iconic kosher cake company left for dead when its parent company Hostess declared bankruptcy in 2012, is alive again, sold by Hostess to McKee Foods, home of the Little Debbie brand.

The Robbins family of Verona, N.J., which has started its own foundation to combat modern-day slavery, isn’t alone. (Its story is featured in the accompanying article.)

Promoters of the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement have appeared at colleges and universities, churches and other venues throughout the country, but next month may be the first time that some will take the stage at a local synagogue.

Just five years after spending millions of dollars to create a state-of-the-art performance venue there, the 92nd Street Y has decided to close its Tribeca facility. 

Call it the New Israeli-American Identity.

A Queens-based special-education services provider illegally diverted millions of taxpayer dollars to a Far Rockaway Orthodox girls’ school and several other Jewish institutions, according to New York State auditors.

Every so often Jared, whom I met on a trip for Jewish professionals, calls me to chat.

She was a child among the 70 who descended into Egypt with Jacob; the only one still alive when 600,000 left Egypt with Moses; still alive when Joshua entered the Promised Land; still alive even after she died. Legend has it, Serach Bat-Asher left this earth like Elijah, not in a grave but eternal in a chariot bound for Heaven, returning forever to her people somehow, like Tom Joad, Joe Hill or, well, Elijah himself. Unlike Elijah, though, no one opens the door for Serach, or pours her a cup.