I am not one to fly in the face of Jewish tradition, but Shavuot is one holiday where I confess to compromising on a minhag. I know, I know — we’re supposed to eat dairy foods on this …
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By Jamie Geller
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5/5/21
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Before embarking on a series of exhibition games in advance of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Team Israel faced off on Sunday afternoon against the FDNY at Maimonides Park in Coney Island.
In …
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By Howard Blas, JNS
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7/15/21
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If the idea was to get a rise out of Long Islanders, Gov. Kathy Hochul appears to have done the job.
Hochul’s latest poke at a suburban hornets’ nest came with her introduction in the …
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By Jeffrey Bessen, Nassau Herald
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2/16/22
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When the San Diego Community College District announced that Alice Walker would be the keynote speaker for the new chancellor’s installation, immediate protests followed. Various Jewish …
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By Peter C. Herman
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5/18/22
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Ever since the April 9, 2019 Knesset elections, foes of Likud Party chairman Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu — the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history and …
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By Ruthie Blum
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7/28/22
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American Friends of Bar-Ilan University (AFBIU) hosted a tri-state luncheon at the Moise Safra Center in Manhattan on Oct. 26, featuring a spirited discussion of current events followed by …
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11/16/22
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A rather remarkable open letter was recently issued by a group of left-wing Jewish organizations, defending a confirmed antisemite. Rep. Ilhan Omar, and deriding House Speaker Kevin …
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By Benjamin Kerstein
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1/25/23
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When I was a kid, my mother made fish once a week, usually on Thursday nights. I hated it. No matter what fish she made or how she prepared it (she baked and broiled, fried and poached and even made …
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By Joni Schockett
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4/26/23
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In a groundbreaking development in the fight against myeloma, Israeli researchers have developed a targeted procedure to effectively destroy cancer within bone marrow.
Myeloma, also known as …
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By Pesach Benson, JNS
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8/2/23
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Although genocide-supporting, intifada-spreading, Hamas-loving, traffic-stopping vandals continue to rampage through the streets of New York in unrestrained displays of hate, no one’s been …
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By Ed Weintrob
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1/3/24
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