HAFTR’s tribute to Ally Rahmani
Foundation honors math teacher with a big heart
Some educators teach a subject. Others leave their students with a lasting feeling about themselves as learners. Ally Rahmani was one of those educators. For the many students, families and …
LI News
Atlantic Beach cries uncle in Chabad row
The Village of Atlantic Beach’s war against Chabad may finally be over, with the Five Towns-adjacent community crying “uncle.” The US Justice Department said the village has pledged to …
Queens Hate Crime
Hate charges but not murder in a Queens death
Michael Trager is glad that Dawood Faisal, the man accused of causing the death of his wife of 47 years, has been indicted on hate-crime charges for vandalizing a Jewish-owned bagel shop in Queens. …
Met Council
Kosher food bank opens $25 million Canarsie hub
Met Council, which runs America’s largest kosher food bank, opened a $25 million warehouse and conference center in Canarsie on Monday. For the first time, its food distribution operation has a …
Politics
Antisemites understand power: Soviet childhood shapes a politician's Jew-hate fight
Growing up in Moscow in the 1980s, Michael Novakhov was harassed by an older student who learned he was Jewish. He turned to his uncle, who dispatched a large man to confront the bully. “I …
Education
Gaza ‘genocide’ curriculum rhubarb in Hudson Rivertown
Hastings-on-Hudson, a bucolic village of about 8,500 people, is one of 10 communities along the eastern bank of the Hudson River north of New York City that are collectively known as the Rivertowns. …
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
Manhattan street name honors Jewish Community Relations Council of New York on its 50th
On a beautiful autumn day, leaders of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and multiple high-ranking elected officials gathered at the corner of Second Avenue and East 47th Street in …
Media
Fauda co-creator: Preserve the truth of Oct. 7th
Avi Issacharoff, co-creator of the hit Israeli TV series Fauda, said Oct. 14 that museums and the media have a “sacred mission” to preserve the truth of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre as …
food
Israel cuisine on the road with US food truck tour
Israel’s Tourism Ministry launched a food truck tour across the United States, offering free tastings of Israeli cuisine in four locations this week. The “Taste of Israel” tour, led by …
Ruth Wasserman Lande
Egypt is no longer your father’s peacemaker
The peace treaty with Egypt is vital to Israel. The fait accompli of decades without war, even in the absence of true normalization, is no small feat in this neighborhood. However, particularly …
Ben Cohen
Anti-Jew French violence was always intimate
In December 2014, Roger Cukierman said that “Jews will leave in large numbers, and France will fall into the hands of either sharia law or the Front National.” Cukierman then head of CRIF, …
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Abraham stands out: For one thing, he was first
I love the name “Abraham Accords.” May its members grow. Abraham is the father not only of the Jewish people but of all the monotheistic, Abrahamic faiths. He is also the father of sacred …
‘Paw Patrol’ co-creator asks Yeshiva University students to ‘bet on themselves’
When Rosie Fellig, 21, stepped up to pitch her business idea to Ronnen Harary, the Canadian billionaire who co-created the children’s television show “Paw Patrol,” she expected to come away …
travel
Chabad in action, a year after Hurricane Melissa
On Oct. 28, Jamaica marked one year since Hurricane Melissa struck our island. To commemorate the anniversary, a 62-foot statue, “Together We Rise,” was erected along Montego Bay’s Hip Strip. …
News Briefs
National Library preserves October 7th final words
“I love you.” “I’m sorry.” Those were the last heartbreaking WhatsApp texts Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, sent his parents from a bomb shelter near the Supernova festival before Hamas …
Ethel's Kitchen
Cool-weather warmth, comfort by the spoonful
Chicken soup is a Jewish tradition and a time-honored panacea for whatever ails you. But there’s so much more that can be on the menu, especially during the cold-weather months. Look no further …
Stephen Flatow
Zionism needs no permission from progressives
Bernard Avishai has identified a Zionism that American progressives can still be permitted to support. Writing in the New York Times, Avishai urges American progressives not to abandon …
Thane Rosenbaum
It’s really time for us to say it: Au Revoir, France
Okay, that finally settles it: France is finished. Get your croissants while they’re hot and before arson incinerates all those quaint but flammable boulangerie-pâtisseries. The nation is aflame …
Sarah Stern
Let’s not get too comfortable. War is coming.
Tehran sent a message to its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah: “We estimate that an American attack is a matter of time. You should be prepared.” Iran has concluded that another US strike …
This week in Torah
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Siba U’Mesovev: Understanding cause and effect
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Abraham stands out: For one thing, he was first
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A fresh interpretation of the binding of Isaac
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Food for thought: Eyeing the wonders of nature
Hearing the sound of the future in our children
This past Shabbos, as I approached the pulpit to lead a Mi Sheberach, my five-year-old slipped away from youth groups and followed me up. He then proceeded to be exactly what he is, a five-year-old. …
Melanie Phillips
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The trillion-dollar campaign to conquer the West
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Alarm bells sound as New York falls of a cliff
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The global reach of a renewed war in Gaza
Diplomatic efforts to end the regional war launched by Hamas with its Oct. 7, 2023 pogrom in southern Israel have now returned to the place where it all started. Last week, the Board of Peace, the …
Ben Cohen
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Red, white, black and green food war is upon us
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Oct 7 lessons: Never forget. Never forgive.
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Anti-Jew French violence was always intimate
In December 2014, Roger Cukierman said that “Jews will leave in large numbers, and France will fall into the hands of either sharia law or the Front National.” Cukierman then head of CRIF, …
Books
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Dara Horn says American Jews need a new activism
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From Brown University, Omer Bartov screams genocide libel
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Who’s teaching American kids about Palestine?
In December 2023, teachers in Oakland, California, organized an unauthorized “Palestine teach-in” for students from elementary school through high school. Younger children were introduced to the …
On Campus
Here’s what real Jewish leadership looks like
Rabbi Dr. Mark Goldfeder and the National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) delivered a decisive, precedent-setting legal victory this week that cuts to the core of how antisemitism is litigated and …
More Opinion Columns
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Time has come for an educational homecoming
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Celebrities endorsed a different ‘Free Palestine’
The rapper Macklemore is not the first cultural celebrity to champion the cause of “Free Palestine.” But when many of America’s leading celebrities called for a “Free Palestine” eighty …
Food: Dining In
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From summer salads to hearty winter meals
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Cool-weather warmth, comfort by the spoonful
Chicken soup is a Jewish tradition and a time-honored panacea for whatever ails you. But there’s so much more that can be on the menu, especially during the cold-weather months. Look no further …
Travel
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Sweet home Alabama: Deep South Jewish story
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Chabad in action, a year after Hurricane Melissa
On Oct. 28, Jamaica marked one year since Hurricane Melissa struck our island. To commemorate the anniversary, a 62-foot statue, “Together We Rise,” was erected along Montego Bay’s Hip Strip. …
Health
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Dr. Joshua Kugler takes helm at Mount Sinai South Nassau
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Episcopal Health Services alerts its community about breast cancer
Episcopal Health Services marked Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a series of community events. EHS team members and breast cancer survivors took part in a breast cancer walk in Far Rockaway …