From left: Rachelli Klein of Lawrence, Hadassah Fertig of Woodmere, Shana Schapira of Brooklyn, and Hannah Zerbib of Lawrence, were among Midreshet Shalhevet students who, recognizing the importance … more

The United States ambassador to Israel, Woodsburgh resident David Friedman, visited HAFTR’s Early Childhood Center in Lawrence with his wife, Tammy, for davening time with young students on the … more

MOSCOW — The story behind the huge Victory Monument that was unveiled in 2012 in the Israeli city of Netanya is not exactly common knowledge even there. Featuring two stone slabs each 50 … more

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, one in nine Americans over 65 has Alzheimer’s. For those 85 or older, that number is one in three. Over five million Americans live with the … more

Long Island children are spending way too much time in front of screens, according to a survey performed by South Nassau Communities Hospital. SNCH’s doctors are urging parents to crack down on … more

MALMO, Sweden — When Carinne Sjoberg dissolved the Jewish community of Umeå in northern Sweden, she knew it would send shockwaves far beyond the small congregation she had spent decades … more

Ofir Dayan, daughter of Israel’s Consul General in New York Dani Dayan and an undergraduate sophomore at Columbia University, said she is being harassed and threatened by the campus chapter of … more

The Kotzker Rebbe offered an imaginative scene relating to the Revelation at Mt. Sinai.  While all the Israelites gathered to receive G-d’s words, a group of elitists started to leave in … more

He was an old man, and in many ways came from a very different world than I. And yet he taught me more than anyone else. One of the things he taught me was that no one suffers as much as a parent who … more

Rhoda Smolow of Great Neck was elected National President of Hadassah this week, during its convention at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel.  With over 300,000 members, the … more