Politicians courting Jewish votes know a visit to the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s ohel in Cambria Heights guarantees a photo-op. Gov. Kathy Hochul was accompanied there last Friday by community activist … more

Older adults are increasingly being targeted by scammers who use trust, urgency and technology to pressure victims into giving up money or personal information, experts warned at a recent workshop at … more

Mount Sinai South Nassau will honor Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt for his medical leadership at its annual Soirée Under the Stars on motzei Shabbat, Nov. 7, at The Lannin in Eisenhower Park. The gala will … more

Former Israeli ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer told a Young Israel of Woodmere audience last Thursday that Jewish institutions should refuse to platform people who say Israel committed … more

A new book addresses the status of wives whose husbands were killed in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001 but whose bodies were not identified, making them agunot. Rabbi Yona Reiss, av … more

When he faced Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a closed-door meeting with other Jewish New York spiritual leaders in early August, Rick Jacobs told the mayor plainly that his inflammatory rhetoric on Israel … more

Allison Rahmani planned to fly to Paris on Sunday with her husband, to celebrate her 40th birthday. Instead, Matthew Rahmani was eulogizing his wife as an eshet chayil , a woman of valor, and her … more

Their parents fled Iran decades ago to build a comfortable life in the United States. Now, seven families from what one of the olim described as a “very, very, very tight-knit” community in Great … more

Episcopal Health Services — which operates St. John’s Hospital in Far Rockaway — is encouraging parents and caregivers to take proactive steps to protect children from common summer health and … more

Every Fourth of July is cause for parades, hot dogs and backyard barbecues. But this year’s commemoration is special. It marks the unprecedented success of the greatest experiment in history: 250 … more