Herman Wouk, the bestselling Orthodox author whose literary career spanned nearly seven decades and who helped usher Judaism into the American mainstream, died Friday … more

Not long ago, I heard a powerful vignette from Rabbi Marvin Hier, the former director of the Simon Wiesenthal center. When Simon Wiesenthal, the famous Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter, celebrated … more

By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA TIRASPOL, Transnistria — Officially, this disputed sliver of land between Ukraine and Moldova is called the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. But to visitors to … more

The young man in the smiley face baseball hat and the Teddy Spaghetti t-shirt had a question for Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, a pro-Trump youth movement that’s … more

I couldn’t believe it. One of my trusted old reference books failed me for the first time. I am an old-fashioned guy and I still use books for reference rather than resorting to the … more

National Superheroes Day took on special meaning at St. John's Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway on April 28 as the only hospital on the Rockaway Peninsula celebrated its staff that are the health … more

Douglas Tuman of West Hempstead defeated Cindy Grosz in last week’s 4th Congressional District Republican primary, with 74 percent of the vote.  Tuman, 39, is now set to challenge … more

Students celebrated the 73rd birthday of the State of Israel on April 15. Activities included art projects (kaleidoscopes, El Al airplanes, doves and blue & white tie dye shirts) as well as an … more

My mother was part of one of 97 Jewish families in Sheikh Jarrah in the early 1990s, but the Jewish roots there go back much further. As the Sheikh Jarrah case awaits the court’s … more

Over the past week the media and various communities have been in an uproar over the unfortunate death of Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Al Jazeera reporter, and clashes at her funeral a couple of days … more