Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump did not shake hands, and then they did. The Republican nominee called his rival the devil and said he would jail her. Clinton said that three minutes of a 2005 video … more

A second-grade student at Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway holds the Arba Minim set brought in by his rebbi, just a few days before the advent of Sukkos, which begins Sunday night. more

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, 50, died of cancer last weekend just days after announcing he was turning over the operation of his office to an assistant while he underwent … more

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — As a new immigrant with little savings and no guaranteed income, Mikhail Davidov had no hope of getting a mortgage to buy the $900,000 house in Queens that he now calls … more

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s super-mensch! More than a dozen Jewish comic book artists will converge at Congregation Kol Israel, a Modern Orthodox shul in Crown Heights, on … more

In a newly released sequel to the Torah teachings of Rabbi Herbert Bomzer, zt”l, a volume titled “Keter Harachzav,” by his grandson, Aryeh Sklar, we learn of Rabbi Bomzer’s … more

Women of the Jewish Resistance during World War II helped save fellow Jews from being massacred by the Nazis. They enabled some to find a way out of Europe and find safety in Israel. They did what … more

The Torah reading on the first day of Rosh Hashana began at the point when Sara is remembered. The Talmud tells us in several places that Sara and Rachel and Chana were all remembered on Rosh … more

I was recently given a copy of Dr. Hagi ben Artzi’s book on the Six Day War, Megillat Sheshet Hayamim, based on the IDF’s post-war analysis. It contained the following fascinating … more

Residents of Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania’s capital, had their pick of two events to mark the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust held this year on Sept. 23, their country’s official Shoah … more