Progressive talking heads and liberal columnists claim that a bill that passed the Senate guarantees action to secure the border. Sometimes they add that President Obama has deported more illegal aliens than any president in history. Those claims are lies. more

President Barack Obama stated admiringly that in Abbas, “Israel has a counterpart committed to a two-state solution and security cooperation with Israel.” Obama could not, however, bring himself to say something positive about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. more

Rabbi Gedaliah Oppen, Judaic Studies principal at the Hebrew Academy of Five Towns and Rockaway, visited soldiers on the borders in Israel this week. more

A dais of rabbis from across the Orthodox spectrum faced a full house in Far Rockaway’s White Shul (Congregation Kneseth Israel) for a community-wide Kinnus Chizuk (unifying and strengthening assembly) as the Fast of 17 Tamuz drew to a close on Tuesday. more

A variety of mass transit alternatives were taking shape this week, as Long Island braced for a possible shutdown of the Long Island Rail Road on Sunday. more

With the threat of a Long Island Rail Road strike as early as Sunday, the Five Towns followers of the two daf yomi shiurim (Talmud page-a-day class) on the Far Rockaway line are sorting out their study options. more

Israel's security cabinet voted early Tuesday accept — and Hamas initially at least said it would reject — an Egyptian true proposal that was to go into effect at 9 am local time. more

A 2-year-old boy was found in an indoor pool of a Lawrence home by a family member at 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, according to police. Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department responded to the scene at 140 … more

Over the last few days, hundreds of missiles have fallen within Israel. Hamas is a terrorist organization — and they’re living up to that description – Israelis are literally living in terror. The targets aren’t military — they’re civilians. Schools, homes, day care centers, gas stations. more

UJA-Federation of New York and the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) will join New York elected officials, Jewish organizations and ethnic, faith and communal leaders from New … more