As I click on a video from StandWithUs of a pro-Israel rally in London, I’m inspired. Hundreds of people line the road, flanked by tall blue and white Israeli flags. No speeches. No shouts. … more

Iowa last week became the latest state to pass legislation designed to undermine the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. In a 38–9 vote with three excused absences, … more

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) was officially declared the winner on Monday in last month’s special election for the 9th Senate District seat, affirming his win over Republican … more

As both the holiest site in Judaism and home to a 1,400-year-old mosque, Jerusalem’s Temple Mount compound is a natural flashpoint of Jewish-Muslim tension. But the conflict over the holy site … more

As we approach Yom HaShoah (Holocaust memorial day on 27 Nissan), Yom HaZikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day on 3 Iyar) and Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day on 4 Iyar), Rabbi … more

The Five Towns joins klal Yisroel in marking three important days over the next two weeks, with community-wide events scheduled on two Wednesday evenings, May 4 and 11. The days, which mark points … more

Retired Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz recently participated in a roundtable discussion with members of the Israel Advocacy Team at Manhattan Day School on the Upper West … more

In his commentary on the Counting of the Omer, “The Siddur Illuminated By Chassidus, Shabbos” (Merkos/Kehot, 2015), Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, formerly of Cedarhurst, now of Jerusalem, teaches … more

If you’re staying in town and haven’t completed your Pesach shopping, no worries — you’ll have lots of company at any kosher supermarket, most of which will be open super-late on Wednesday … more

Seventh graders from the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockways visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan last week. The tour guides were all women who were either children of … more