Rabbi Libman, Rabbi Jacobs, and all the guests who came to HALB who joined the school’s fourth grade talmidim in the celebration of their Mishnas Siyum had a tremendous amount of nachat. The … more

Hadassah Hospital doctors have saved the life of 22-year-old Kimberly Winkler, an industrial engineering student from Minnesota who suffered a massive brain aneurysm. Winkler, a native of the … more

While the vast majority of Modern Orthodox Jews believe in G-d, send their kids to Jewish day schools, and make incomes well above the national average, they are less than unanimous in their views on whether women should be rabbis or synagogue presidents, more

This Wednesday, Nov. 29, marks the 70th anniversary of the passage by the United Nations of Resolution 181, specifying a partition plan that would ultimately lead to the establishment of a Jewish … more

In an otherwise darkened theater, viewers gasped when they saw what appeared to be a seated 83-year-old man wearing a light … more

On Purim morning, HANC Plainview held a family-friendly megilla reading and breakfast seuda. Over 200 people celebrated the chag with their HANC family. Children and even some adults came in costume. … more

Students at Far Rockaway’s Yeshiva Darchei Torah introduced U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to some Jewish blessings, what they’ve been learning about poetry … more

We are now approaching the end of the Three Weeks, the saddest period of the Jewish year. It concludes with Tisha b’Av, commemorating the destruction of two Holy Temples. In an oft-quoted … more

While Chanukahhan is a delightful holiday, there is none as dangerous with its open flames, boiling oil and sharp graters. Menorah safety tips: Don’t leave your menorahs unattended. … more

Lily Widner has cheated death too many times to remember each close call. The 97-year-old Jewish Floridian survived starvation in the ghetto of her native Polish city of Lodz, two Nazi death camps … more