Forty-five people joined a Young Israel of Woodmere trip to the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia last Sunday. During the two hour bus ride to the museum, Rabbi Evan Hoffman … more

This past Shabbat, my husband Jerry and I were invited to shalosh seudos at our friends, Howie and Meira Lasky, along with the Goldsmiths, Hacks and Markowitzs. Out of the ten at the table, six had … more

After a Palestinian civil engineering student was revealed on Aug. 2 to be the terrorist arrested for plotting a large-scale attack on Jerusalem’s light rail in revenge for Jews visiting the … more

American Jewish historian Hasia Diner is facing widespread criticism over her public renunciation of Israel and Zionism.  I say: Thanks, Hasia, for your honesty. Diner is the Paul S. and … more

There are certain events in our lives that, from the instant they happen, we forever remember details of the moment, exactly where we were and how we felt. I’ve recently added another such … more

In an effort to save a beloved family business from rising rents and crippling state bureaucracy, Far Rockaway Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and Nassau County Legislator Howard Kopel are asking the … more

Since being elected as the leader of the world’s roughly 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in 2013, Pope Francis has not shied away from breaking with traditional Catholic dogma by speaking his … more

Last week I received a profound teaching from the esteemed rabbi of the iconic Bialystoker Synagogue, Rabbi Zvi Romm, themed to the recent bigoted rant by a so-called Jewish historian, Dr. Hasia … more

A Democratic member of Congress on Monday compared Jews who live in communities located beyond Israel’s 1967 lines to “termites.” During a speech at an anti-Israel event in … more

My grandparents really knew how to cook. It seems to me that everyone born in “the Old Country” (in this case, Transylvania) was born with a built-in cooking intuition. Somehow they could … more