To the 150 or so Jewish households on Galveston Island in Texas, Congregation Beth Jacob is akin to a national treasure.  “We are our building, our building is us,” says Gary … more

Years ago, when Debra Blank was teaching rabbinical students at the Jewish Theological Seminary, she noticed many of them used ArtScroll prayer books,” an article in the Forward noted last … more

While the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is no stranger to making headlines, a brewing spat between the Israeli government and foreign media means that the headlines themselves — and the … more

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose election victory over Stephen Harper last year ended nearly a decade of Conservative party rule in Canada, recently made a significant pro-Israel policy … more

When navigating to www.bdsguide.com, I’m immediately confronted with a clenched fist on a red banner against a crisp white background, and the matter-of-fact wording that I’m viewing the … more

Andreas Boldt can’t help but effuse praise and love for Israel with seemingly any chance he gets—with his kids, too. In some of his Facebook posts, the 37-year-old has his dirty … more

In honor of “Read Across America Day” and Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2nd, HANC’s Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School, in West Hempstead, launched … more

Monday was a very special day for kindergartners in the CAHAL program at HANC — not because of the leap year date, but rather becauser it was the 100th day of school. Since school … more

On Sunday, HALB’s sixth grade girls celebrated their bat mitzvah breakfast. This year’s theme was “Ashira LaHashem B’chayai, Azamra L’Elokai … more

Last Thursday night, over 80 students from HAFTR High School, participanting in the school’s second annual Bowl-A-Thon, raised over $15,000 for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. Each … more