Congratulations and Mazal Tov to the HANC High School Boys’ Torah Bowl Team on becoming this year’s High School Yeshiva League Champions!  Over the course of the season, the HANC … more

In every generation, there are those storied lives of people, basically seemingly regular, ordinary people, whose sense of moral clarity, compassion and courage to act in historic moments is so … more

Belgium’s justice minister came in for a fair bit of stick this week over some injudicious observations regarding the Nov. 13 Islamist terrorist massacre in Paris. “It’s no … more

Samantha Power, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, this week sounded an unusually strong—and therefore welcome—warning about the continuing bias against Israel in the … more

When I last wrote about Donald Trump in this column, back in December 2015, I voiced concern about what the Middle East policy of a Trump administration might look like, pointing out that his failure … more

One of Nassau County’s budding scientists, Justin Lish of Woodmere (second from right), returned from four weeks on the Weizmann Institute’s campus in Rehovot, Israel. Lish, class of 2016 … more

Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks will present the keynote address at next Sunday;s yom iyun at the Marsha Stern Talmudical Society/Yeshiva University High School for Boys (YUHSB), part of the school’s … more

At the Shulamith Early Childhood Division, reading is especially fun when grandparents come to school! Pictured is Sender Schwartz reading to his granddaughter … more

President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint meeting of Congress is getting rave reviews for the subdued, "presidential" style of his delivery, and positive feedback … more

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman made an unannounced visit to HAFTR High School last Friday. Friedman, a Five Towner who lives in Woodsburg, spoke with students and faculty about his … more