I am hearing of this type of Israeli tragedy too often. A young, post-IDF hiker dies while trekking in Peru. G-d forbid a car accident or a shooting, but wholesome granola-crunching trekking?! You … more

How is Israel really perceived in the world arena? What are some of the core challenges Israel faces in diplomacy? What can we do to support Israel during these challenging times? These are some … more

It’s heeeeeeeere! Last week before Pesach. I’m usually done with all my shopping and started kasheing my oven, stove etc. Unfortunately, this year (due to neck issues from being … more

Leaders of the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC sent a 25-question survey to 3,500 members to gauge their interest in programs the Jewish Community Center should offer as it acquires the Temple Israel … more

Here’s the latest episode of outreach to Iran from the lips of Secretary of State John Kerry. After condemning, during a press conference in Bahrain, the “destabilizing ac-tions” of … more

Ordinarily, a piece broken glass lying on the ground is unsightly litter at best, a danger to bare feet and pets at worst. But not in the Middle East; there a piece of broken glass has the power to … more

Raymond Smullyan, in his book “5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies,” posits the question of two identical twin brothers, one who always lies and the other who always tells the … more

The inside of the Kishle, a structure erected in 1834 by Ibrahim Pasha, who governed the land of Israel from Egypt, is cold and dark. When the Ottoman Turks regained the area in 1841, it served as a … more

It is hard to imagine how a young woman with a life-threatening illness, struggling every day just to move and breathe, has touched the lives of thousands of people in an incredibly powerful … more

Their smiles suggest that this may be the very favorite holiday of the children in class N3B of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway Early Childhood Center. Learning about the … more