Long Beach is known for all sorts of marine wildlife, from harbor seals turning up on the beach to humpback whales leaping out of the ocean in the distance. But the city’s Animal Control … more

Children and the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway at at the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County celebrated Parsat Noach with animal visits. Thanks to Bob and Jessie from the Petland … more

An Associated Press investigation found that dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals and SS guards collected millions of dollars in Social Security payments, through a loophole in U.S. law, after … more

Although food is my business, and I take it pretty seriously, when I’m out with my husband Jerry and friends on a Saturday night, I usually order the same thing. Toasted English muffin or … more

A Jewish history class on “Eretz Yisrael after the Churban” is being given by Rabbi Evan Hoffman each Tuesday evening at 8:15pm in the Young Israel of Woodmere. The Jewish people were … more

The Common Core, a state-led initiative originated by the National Governors Council, was created through close collaboration with teachers and educators and has been adopted on a voluntary basis by … more

Midreshet Shalhevet in North Woodmere participated in The Shabbos Project, the global initiative for all Jews to keep one Shabbos together. more

Brooklyn Heights Jewish Academy, a new co-educational Orthodox Jewish day school, plans to open its doors in September 2015, its executive director, Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin, accounced. Building off … more

Mel Brooks’ 1968 comedy “The Producers” dealt with an outrageous, fictitious Broadway musical called “Springtime for Hitler” that trivialized Nazism and became a … more

Nov. 24, 2014 is a looming deadline for Iran, Israel, the United States and the world over Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Under-Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, leading the negotiations, … more