What a painful week. The ugly tentacles of anti-Semitism came out from all directions. Before the news of Airbnb’s boycott of Jewish apartments in Judea and Samaria, before the bloodcurdling … more

In 1948, things did not look promising for the Jews. The armies of Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, prepared to attack the new State of Israel as soon as the British pulled out, vowing to push the Jews … more

When I worked for the Anti-Defamation League more than a decade ago, relations between the Polish government and the Jewish community worldwide were incomparably better than they are now. But … more

When the BDS movement mounted a campaign against Israel, it targeted more than Israel’s economy, including tourism, which has nonetheless flourished beyond any expectation. BDS not only … more

When I was growing up on New York’s Lower East Side, one of the greatest American literary figures was Herman Wouk. His reputation was great because of the books he wrote, which are cited in … more

The Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in Lower Manhattan revealed on Monday a shofar that was hidden and blown in the Auschwitz concentration camp 75 years ago and never … more

Lots of people have heard of the book, “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” but at the early childhood center of the Yeshiva of South Shore in Hewlett, a new book might be … more

Our parsha, Beshalach, begins with an apparently simple proposition: “When Pharaoh let the people go, G-d did not lead them on the road through the land of the Philistines, though that was … more

Growing calls for an investigation into China’s handling and possible coverup of the coronavirus outbreak have observers debating the potential implications for both Israeli and U.S. policy on … more

Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit the New York region in March, the Orthodox community was on edge. A surge in anti-Semitic incidents targeting visibly Orthodox Jews climaxed with an attack … more