Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nineteen-year-old Ella Shapira from the Israeli coastal city Netanya has faced cancer six times in her life. Despite her illness, ...

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Chef Avi Shemtov has landed a permanent home for his contemporary Israeli restaurant concept, Simcha, and it’s appropriately in the chef’s hometown. Simcha will open this winter on South Main Street ...

We are in the month of Adar when the Sages teach that we are to be “marbim b’simcha/increasing in joy.” But how are we to feel joy when war continues to rage and our hostages continue to be held ...

As the pandemic subsides, Jewish camps across the nation are taking precautions against COVID-19, and have opened for a mostly normal summer. But camps that serve children with chronic diseases and ...

(JTA) Super Bowl champion Leonard Fournette paid a surprise visit to what is billed as “only kosher overnight camps” for children with cancer, blood disorders and other chronic illnesses. Fournette, ...

At Simcha in Sharon, chef Avi Shemtov explores the international and contemporary influences on Sephardic Jewish cuisine. At first blush, that may not sound like the most obvious restaurant to find ...

Continuing on the timely theme of simcha, we discussed last week that a person can serve Hashem with joy by being conscious how wondrous an opportunity it is to do a mitzvah and connect with Hashem.