This story was originally published on Dec. 12, 2015. Elf on a Shelf has quickly become a part of many families' Christmas celebrations over the past few years. When Neal Hoffman's young son Jacob ...

The Cincinnati resident started a Kickstarter campaign to make the Jewish counterpart to the magical elf. He raised $18,000 to make his own seasonal rhyming toy: the Mensch on a Bench. “We call it ...

The popular holiday toy Elf on the Shelf now has a Jewish counterpart. It's called Mensch on a Bench. Host Michel Martin talks to the creator,... Meet Mensch On A Bench, Jewish Counterpart To Elf On ...

Move over, “Elf on a Shelf.” The Jews are fighting for your twisted territory. The famous — and famously creepy — Christmas tradition of a spying Santa’s little helper now has two Semitic competitors: ...

We've identified 100 common Jewish last names and their Hebrew meanings. One doesn't have to be fluent in Yiddish to be familiar with the term, "mensch." If you're a mensch, it says a lot about you, ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- ABC's "Shark Tank" has really jump started some incredible small businesses, making one person's dream a household name. Case in point? Mensch on a Bench, one of the show's best ...

“It is hard to convey the special sense of respect, dignity and approbation that can be conveyed by calling someone ‘a real mensch,’” writes Leo Rosten in “The Joys of Yiddish.” The Yiddish word ...

Given the state of national discourse, Jewish schools are trying new ways to teach children how to be nice. When Rabbi David Jaffe decided to launch a program of character development at the pluralist ...

As we assembled our sixth annual mensch list we were left to wonder, once more, how to choose from, among others, an 18-year-old volunteer cadet for the LAFD, a pediatric resident who promotes ...

According to Merriam-Webster, 2018’s “Word of the Year” was “justice.” That term was the top lookup on the dictionary’s website, with the entry being consulted 74 percent more often than in 2017.

In June 2020, a Twitter thread relaying a story supposedly written by someone identified as "Rabbi Michael Beals" about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's attendance at a Jewish funeral ...

Houston Jewish-owned restaurants and retailers have banded together to form the fundraising campaign “Mensch Out” to benefit families and seniors during the coronavirus pandemic. Every Monday through ...