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Mostly Cloudy Fence on Egypt border has transformed the south of Israel
This time six years ago, Israel completed its high-tech border fence with Egypt, marking the start of a transformation. With its network radars and cameras, the obstacle — dubbed …
jews in asia
Yiddishkeit in unexpected places. 1st stop: Myanmar
There was a Chanukah party last month in this former capital city and enough guests — over 200 — to surprise an uninvited tourist. “There’re no Jews …
asia
Chavruta-infused Talmud craze sweeps South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — In 2014, Kim Hye-kyung found herself staring into an educational abyss. The mother of two lives in study-mad South Korea, where parents fork over $17 billion on private …
israel
Religious women solve social problems through tech
Sitting side by side in an open office in the tech giant Cisco’s headquarters, Roni Ashkenazi and Ayelet Ganot sat staring at lines of code on a monitor checking their work …
fidf
West Hempsteader fulfills dream in the IDF
West Hempstead native Yitzchak Milworn decided long ago that he wanted to serve in the Israel Defense Forces. During his senior year at Rambam Mesivta in Lawrence, he took part in a two-week …
opinion
The ‘apartheid’ wall that isn’t
Apartheid? Segregation? Not even close. .“Segregated Highway Opens in West Bank,” The Washington Post headline blared this week. “Israel Opens ‘Apartheid Road’ in …
europe
Will migration pact endanger German Jews?
On Dec. 10, the same day that the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) reported growing feelings of vulnerability among European Jews, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel led the signing in …
europe
‘Vest’ anti-semitism demoralizes France’s Jews
Four years ago, a heartbroken Bernard-Henri Lévy found solace in more than a million Frenchmen marching through the city …
opinion
Rashida Tlaib and the history of ‘dual loyalty’
A great American Jewish jurist once argued against the idea of a “hyphenated American.” He said there was no place in America for immigrants and their children to hold on to …
schools
SKA raises $4K for soliders
In an effort to recognize the chayalim who are away from home fighting, the Israel Action Committee and G.O. of the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls joined forces for a wonderful Chanukah …
schools
Chumashim for HAFTR 2nd graders get Chumashim at HAFTR
HAFTR welcomed family and friends to the second grade Chagigat Chumash. Almost 100 students sang about their love of Torah …
schools
JUMP Team at DRS runs a father-son yom iyun
Students at DRS were joined by their fathers for a very special Yom Iyun on January 1st, run by DRS’s very own NCSY JUMP Team and titled, “Sanctifying Jewish Life in the 21st …
opinion
Israel should stay off Trump’s wall
It may be that supporters of President Donald Trump and those who back the Israeli government led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are now so …
europe
Shoah history in Dutch couple’s countryside home
AMSTERDAM — Despite its rustic charms, the dream home that Roxane van Iperen and her partner bought nearly ruined their marriage. Van Iperen, a 42-year-old novelist, underestimated the …
politics 2020
6 Jewish facts about Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris, the junior senator from California, is reportedly set to announce her bid for the Democratic presidential nod. Harris, 54, is a progressive on most issues who …
opinion
The media’s ongoing anti-Semitism problem
Adolf Hitler was a genocidal dictator who unleashed the most destructive war in the history of humankind and perpetrated the Holocaust. He was also a lover of animals and art …
schools
CAHAL learns at Darchei
Research has shown that learning is most effective when it is engaging and fun. In Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Mrs. Yael Sara Rendler’s 1st-2nd grade CAHAL class has been experiencing learning in …
schools
Shulamith volunteers at JCC
Shulamith eighth-graders graders headed to The Shop in Maple Plaza to volunteer for the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC. The Shop give people in need the chance to shop for food and clothing with …
schools
From HAFTR, final mitzvah is performed
Several HAFTR high school students were privileged to perform an incredible mitzvah when it was brought to the school’s attention that Leah bat Shlomo Margalit a”h, a Holocaust survivor …
This week in Torah
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Can wealth buy Judaism?
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Looking up to the heavens
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Praying together, praying apart
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Drowning the horse with its rider
Forging a path of their own — together
May 1948. Tough times for the Jewish people, particularly for Jews struggling to claw out a place for themselves in a land they hoped to claim as their own. A few months after the United Nations …
Kosher Bookworm
The Freifeld legacy
We call it yichus — the legacy of generations of the past. Rabbis, scholars, talmidei chachamim, community leaders who were ancestors to those we now look up to. All the above, Rabbi Shlomo …
Who's in the Kitchen
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Wowing your dinner guests right from the start
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Jerry returns from Israel and the Red Lion Pub
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The trials of Spirit Air
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Judy and Jerry join the circus
A few weeks ago, my husband Jerry and I left for a cruise to the Eastern Caribbean. One day, as we perused the calendar of activities, Jerry noticed something called “circus school,” …
Kosher Kitchen
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Brussels sprouts deserve better
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Food can help save our planet
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Tea breads for a cozy winter’s day
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Delighting in Asian food
A merican Jews have always loved Chinese cuisine. Once Jewish immigrants to New York discovered it, they adopted it wholeheartedly. The history of how that happened is interesting. When the …
View from Central Park
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Can you hear my voice?
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As far as eye can see
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‘Dr. Death’: An apology is just not enough
There is a great weight of expectation on our doctors’ shoulders. We have a certain trust in members of the medical profession. As patients, when we sit across from the doctor, we are in a very …
Viewpoint
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When last Shoah survivors are gone, how will we explain their ‘choiceless choices’?
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‘Sand and death,’ or an opportunity knocking?
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Don’t forget Venezuela
If I had to pick the most repugnant image of 2018, it would be the video from last September featuring Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro sitting down to a sumptuous meal. As Venezuelans …
Politics to Go
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With Bolton’s Israel trip, a dramatic change
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The federal government and the pastor of putrid
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Low-crime immigrants? Don’t believe liberals
After the president’s border security speech in the Oval Office last week, the freshman Democrat from Queens and the Bronx, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, accused him of lying. She said that …