A simple, computer-training task can change the brain’s wiring to regulate emotional reactions, according to a recent study published in NeuroImage by Ben-Gurion … more

Police have apprehended a man who they say attempted to abduct a 20-month-old girl from her 65-year-old babysitter along West Broadway in Woodmere at 12:15 p.m. on Monday. Craig Myczkowski, 44, … more

It had been a really long day, at the end of a really long week. We were in the middle of infantry officers’ training course and we had spent the week learning and practicing maneuvers in the … more

Reading the Torah each Shabbat offers the opportunity to look at details of the text within that particular week’s parsha. Aside from the portion often conveying a theme, each of the Five Books … more

The rulers of the Arab Gulf states are, it seems, increasingly attentive to what Israel has to say about the balance of power in the region. As a rising Shi’a Iran faces off against a Sunni … more

Four of the plagues involve living creatures coming to disturb the lives of the Egyptians — Frogs, Lice, Arov (purposely not translated here as this one is complicated to identify), and … more

When I think of vacations, I’m reminded of Jackie Mason’s routine about Jewish people and our vacations at exclusive beaches, on exotic islands that we never heard of before (and … more

While not everyone may view such a high-profile pop-culture enterprise as the Super Bowl as the best investment of a Yid’s time, even the mundane can be uplifted. Rabbi Anchelle Perl (pictured) … more

Long Island’s Touro Law Center and its Jewish Law Institute are planning a two-day national conference that will cover the path-breaking career of Justice Louis Brandeis, on the 100th … more

North Woodmere’s Congregation Ohr Torah observed the 20th yahrzeit of its founder, Rabbi Dr. Meshulem HaLevi Jungreis ztl, last Shabbos. The shul reports: At the dawn of World War II, … more