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Mostly Cloudy Riverdale suspect cut loose
It was nearly another weekend of vandalized synagogues. Instead, police caught a break early Saturday when a man riding a bicycle against traffic on Delafield Avenue ended up being exactly who they …
israel
Who’s responsible for the Meron disaster?
No single factor caused the Meron disaster. Rather, a perfect storm of elements simultaneously came together, exposing a system filled with flaws, many of them cultural in nature. …
israel
Celebrating Jerusalem
Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, is observed this year from Sunday evening, May 9, through Monday, May 10. It commemorates reunification of the city, divided by Jordanian occupation in 1948, during …
judaism
In Efrat, Orthodox synagogue appoints Israel’s first sole female spiritual leader (but don’t call her rabbi)
Last week, Shira Marili Mirvis made history as the first-ever Israeli woman appointed to be the halachic leader of an Orthodox synagogue, the Shirat Hatamar congregation in Efrat. The …
health mind and body
Young Israels help people get vaxxed
After COVID-19 vaccines started becoming available in New York and it quickly became apparent that securing a vaccine appointment presented a huge challenge, thew Young Israel of Oceanside and the …
opinion
In Riverdale case, NY court proves that woke politics endangers Jews
For those who think that the cause of social justice is not merely an element integral to Judaism but its main focus, this is a heady time. The Black Lives Matter movement and ideas like critical …
kosher kitchen
So, it’s Shavuot, time to make the cheesecake
Besides being best known as the holiday which celebrates the Torah and the Ten Commandments, Shavuot is also an agricultural holiday in Israel, marking the final grain …
opinion
Media spin ‘TikTok intifada’ into another slander
Many mainstream media outlets have written deceptively about riots or violent events in and around Jerusalem in recent weeks, distorting the story with such fantastical headlines …
aliyah
Gates open for new olim
Israel welcomed 104 olim from North America on Monday, as the Jewish state continues to loosen its barriers to international travel. The gates were never really shut for those making aliyah, …
BOOKS
New book eyes The Rav’s philosophical puzzle
Modern Orthodox Jews know a few things about The Rav, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, ztz”l: He was heir to the Brisker dynasty of Talmud Study; he studied neo-Kantian …
schools
Shulamith celebrates Israel’s 73rd
At the Shulamith School for Girls Middle School, students “visited” Israel on Yom Haatzmaut. A little rain didn’t stop the celebration which included a daglanut and a festival …
opinion
Mount Meron and Israel’s paradoxical nature
On Saturday night, as Tel Aviv’s City Hall lit up with the image of the Israeli flag to commemorate the 45 killed and 150 injured in the crowd-crush two nights earlier on Mount Meron, …
who's in the kitchen
Judy’s cheesy retrospective as Shavuot nears
Shavuot? Already? How is that possible? Didn’t we just put away the last of our Pesach dishes? I’m actually still eating toasted coconut covered marshmallows. Shavuot learning has …
food
Why Jamie Geller’s family eats meat on Shavuot
I am not one to fly in the face of Jewish tradition, but Shavuot is one holiday where I confess to compromising on a minhag. I know, I know — we’re supposed to eat dairy foods on this …
genocide
Armenian genocide: Protecting ‘historical truth’
Jewish organizations responded positively to the United States officially recognizing as a genocide the killing and deportation of more than …
schools
Yang visits Far Rockaway yeshivahs
Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang met with students and leaders at two Far Rockaway yeshivas last week. At the Torah Academy for Girls, Dean Rabbi Meyer Weitman invited Yang to address students about …
schools
Counting the omer at HANC ECC
The children at HANC ECC West Hempstead are looking forward to Matan Torah on Shavuot. They are counting the Omer daily in school on their Sfira charts.
This week in Torah
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Bullying often starts — and must stop — at home
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Living our lives, helping others to survive
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Say both what needs to be said … and heard
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‘We the People’ — the Jewish nation as one
In the final parsha of the book of Leviticus, in the midst of one of the most searing curses ever uttered to a nation by way of warning, the …
Kosher Bookworm
Wine & Dine
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So, it’s Shavuot, time to make the cheesecake
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Judy’s cheesy retrospective as Shavuot nears
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Savor Shavuot dairy, but don’t forget the grains
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Backyard fire-fit barbecues, s’mores and all
Why Jamie Geller’s family eats meat on Shavuot
I am not one to fly in the face of Jewish tradition, but Shavuot is one holiday where I confess to compromising on a minhag. I know, I know — we’re supposed to eat dairy foods on this …
Travel
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1,600-year-old mosaic shown in Yavne
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Portugal’s Jews enjoying a 6-year-old rebirth
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Can magnificent art museum help save dying sea?
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Religious Zionists aim to be first out of gate
From Kinneret to Negev, new hotels are ready
The pandemic dealt a heavy blow to the hospitality industry in Israel as well as worldwide. Some hotels did not survive. Others were able to wait it out, slowly and carefully welcoming local guests …
Jonathan Tobin
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Israel will need to act on its own to stop Iran
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What Madoff proved about USA and the Jews
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Why is Biden protecting ‘apartheid state’ libel?
As President Joe Biden gradually fills all of the approximately 4,000 federal positions that require a nomination from the White House — of which 1,200 require Senate confirmation — …
Ben Cohen
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In France, anti-Semitism is systemic
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Is truth a casualty of the Abraham Accords?
There’s an old adage of disputed authorship that has traveled down the centuries: In times of war, truth is the first casualty. As the English writer Samuel Johnson explained it in the 18th …