Five Towns + Politics

Bar the genocide liars from our shuls: Dermer

Former Israeli ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer told a Young Israel of Woodmere audience last Thursday that Jewish institutions should refuse to platform people who say Israel committed …

Vigil

Prayer brings SAR and Ramaz students to Gracie Mansion

Hundreds of Jewish students from SAR (the Salanter Akiba of Riverdale) and Manhattan’s Ramaz School streamed off yellow school buses on the Upper East Side on Friday morning, gathering outside …

politics

Bipartisan bill seeks to shield houses of worship

Leaders from more than 30 Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu and other faith groups gathered on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to urge passage of the Right to Worship Act, a bill designed to protect …

Health

Council and health groups meet on Jew-hate in medicine

Julie Menin, the first Jewish speaker of the New York City Council, and several members of the council met with representatives of more than a dozen healthcare organizations from across the city last …

Ethel's Kitchen

Back to basics: Sukkot oldies but goodies

It always seems unusual to focus on food for the outdoor festival of Sukkot, the Feast of Booths, before the start of Yom Kippur. It’s somewhat of a culinary conundrum to be considering menus when …

Travel + FIDF

350 bereaved teens visit US through an FIDF ‘Legacy’

The FIDF (Friends of the Israel Defense Forces) brought 240 bereaved Israeli teens to the United States this summer through its signature Legacy Program, marking the 20th year of the program and its …

Books

Sotheby selling ‘significant’ Jewish manuscripts

The international auction house Sotheby’s said that its December “magnificent Judaica” sale will include what it said is one of the “most significant” works in private hands by renowned …

News Briefs

8 charged in 1992 AMIA bombing that killed 151

Argentina has formally charged seven Iranians and one Lebanese national over the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, a major new development …

Paul Bachow

Facing deceitful genocide accusations in mirror

By multiple required legal standards, Israel has not committed genocide in Gaza. Hamas, on the other hand, has not only committed atrocities; it has mastered the art of reframing them. By …

OY!

Artists back Macklemore in ‘Free Palestine’ pileup

All four acts scheduled to perform during the remaining dates of Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour have withdrawn from the concert series following rapper Macklemore’s removal after …

Stephen Flatow

Antisemites don’t get to decide where Jews live

Antisemitism is rising, but much of today’s scourge does not present itself in the crude language of racial inferiority that we associate with an earlier age. Increasingly, the accusation is …

Side Dishes

A Smash House is opening at Barclays Center

Smash House Burgers is bringing kosher food to Barclays Center, where it will operate during Brooklyn Nets games, New York Liberty games and non-Shabbat concerts. The stand will have its own …

Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks

Celebrating Sukkot, our unique dual festival

Among the festivals that give rhythm and structure to the Jewish year, Sukkot is unusual, unique. A detail which had a significant influence on Jewish liturgy appears in the book of Deuteronomy: …

Travel

Overcoming challenges, Israelis hit Mount Kilimanjaro

For a group of determined Israelis, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, which rises 5,895 meters (19,341 feet), was only the most recent challenge they have had to overcome. Thirty-six …

conspiracies

Jew-haters exploit Japanese Tengu folk imagery

An organization that spots hateful online trends has alerted social media giants of the growing use of Tengu — imagery from Japanese folklore — to demonize Jews …

Paul Bachow

Facing deceitful genocide accusations in mirror

By multiple required legal standards, Israel has not committed genocide in Gaza. Hamas, on the other hand, has not only committed atrocities; it has mastered the art of reframing them. By …

media

Miss Israel in NY meets Dinowitz, not Mamdani

When someone connected to her team offered to see if Zohran Mamdani, Danielle Yablonka, Miss Universe Israel 2026, declined. “I’m always open to meeting and having conversations, but I’m …

Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

Time has come for an educational homecoming

Israel education has spent decades fighting rearguard actions. It is time to advance. The story we teach our children and the world should not begin with the Holocaust. It should …

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