Two prominent American friends of Israel — one liberal, one conservative — warned in the Five Towns over the weekend that President Obama, freed of pre-election constraints, may betray … more

J. Mark Interiors has opened its long anticipated showroom in Jerusalem, offering complete interior design, architecture and project management services to clients in … more

Democrat Todd Kaminsky, who filled an open 9th state Senate District seat in April, won a rematch against Republican Christopher McGrath. Kaminsky, of Long Beach, drew 70,821 votes (52%) against … more

You hear the same complaint at the start of every school year: The cost of tuition for Jewish day school is a burden many Jewish families can’t afford. more

Why was Abraham the first Jew? What happened to Noach? Last week at Yeshivat Orayta, we met a living legend, who, less with his words and more by the glint in his eye, provided the answer. On Oct. … more

The UNESCO talk hasn’t died down, which is not such a surprise. As the Boston Globe put it: “One needn’t be a scholar or a historian to know that the cultural, religious and … more

My Dad, Milton Dunetz, passed away early Wednesday morning, Nov. 3. When I visited him in Florida two weeks ago he said more than once that my Mom, of blessed memory, was calling him. Anybody who … more

The final five pasukim of chapter 13 in Parashat Lech Lecha are well known, since they contain two promises of the Almighty to Abram, namely, that his offspring will receive the Land of Israel as a … more

In this week parsha, Lech Lecha, we read about how when Avraham and Sarah embarked on their journey to the Land G-d would show them, they brought with them the “souls they made in … more

After an haredi magazine printed a photo of Hillary Clinton, a rival newspaper accused it of breaking Jewish law. Hamodia, a Hebrew newspaper in Israel, in an editorial this week denounced the … more