Passover panic again spurs carwash scams
State Attorney General Letitia James is alerting New Yorkers to be cautious of discriminatory pricing practices at car washes in advance of Passover. In previous years, car wash businesses in …
fighter for rights
Remembering Heumann, whose life was a blessing
My friend Judy Heumann died March 4 in Washington DC, where she lived. Her name might not mean too much to many of you. But to thousands — and I do meant thousands — of people who …
fighter for rights
‘Jewish mother’ of disability rights movement
Judith Heumann, the Jewish “Mother of the Disability Rights Movement,” died on March 4. She was 75 years old. The Jewish Federations of North America called Heumann a …
Crime
Jewish Press editor arrested for Jan. 6 role
The editor-in-chief of the Jewish Press at the time of the Capitol riot was arrested last week and charged with interfering with law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, violence. Elliot Resnick, …
Security of Israel
Israeli security threats just keep on coming
The Israeli security establishment has received dozens of concrete alerts about plots to carry out terrorist attacks, both in Judea and Samaria and within the Green Line, a former defense official …
Harassment
Harassed Jewish staffer with 170K in the Bronx
A legal-aid agency in New York City with a history of anti-Israel bias reached a settlement with a former Jewish employee, who claims that she was harassed and treated so poorly that she had to quit …
Shoah Education
Arab visitors describe eye-opening Shoah ed
A delegation of people from Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Turkey visited recently 3 to learn about the Holocaust as a way to promote tolerance. The visit, during which …
media bias
Journalists worship Roget’s, ditch objectivity
Have you ever seen those contortionists who can tie their bodies up in knots? They can put their legs behind their heads and twist their arms backward. Journalists covering Israel have become …
Holidays
Brody program marks 21 years of students chanting ‘Gantze Megillah’ in Great Neck
Twenty-seven Middle School students of Great Neck’s North Shore Hebrew Academy (NSHA) — both Ashkenazic and Sephardic — joined on Purim day to chant the “Gantze …
Holidays
Author has Shakespearean twist on Passover
Wherefore is this Haggadah diff’rent from all oth’r Haggadahs? Martin Bodek, author of the “Emoji Haggadah,” “Festivus Haggadah” and “Coronavirus …
Schools
Lev Chana at HALB cheers its 100th day
Students at HALB’s Lev Chana celebrated the 100th day of school with fun projects and number games. At the end of the day, Lev Chana staff got together for their own celebration making candles …
Schools
Tu B’Shevat cheer
Children in Morah Deena Schwartz’s first grade CAHAL class at TAG proudly display their apple creations.
Israel
Israel rank rises: It’s 4th happiest country in world
Israel is the fourth happiest country in the world, according to a report produced by the UN-affiliated Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Based on Gallup World Poll data, the study …
Kosher Bookworm
The depth and passion of Pesach’s Haggadah
Pesach commemorates events that clearly defined our people’s history and purpose. So, when I happened upon a commentary on a Haggadah whose author’s name brings to mind events in my past, …
Abu Dhabi
Minyan and mikvah open in Abu Dhabi
On a 75-degree February day in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, JNS viewed the Abrahamic Family House site on its opening day. Three houses of worship — Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue, His …
Supreme Court
Supremes weigh sabbath work accommodations
Ahead of next month’s US Supreme Court case about Sabbath observance in the workplace, several mainstream US Jewish groups have joined Orthodox ones by weighing in on the …
Combating Antisemitism
Noa Tishby speaks semantics at Duke University
Noa Tishby, 47, Israel’s inaugural special envoy for combating antisemitism and the delegitimization of Israel, is not known for holding punches. Her Feb. 21 talk at Duke University in Durham, …
Schools
Beginning to look a lot like Purim
Purim spirit is in the air at the Stella K. Abraham HS for Girls. With a hilarious costume contest on Tuesday and a “Dress Up Decades Day” on Wednesday, students displayed extraordinary …
Schools
SAR glimpses life on Wall St
Schools
HAFTR cupcakes
Schools
Chumash day at HAFTR
Schools
Mercaz tech plugs in
This week in Torah
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As our book opens, ‘vayikra’ has a small aleph
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Courtesy and privacy: Vanishing Jewish values
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Vayikra: Now we hear Hashem’s call to action
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Rabbi Sack’s call came in yechidut with the Rebbe. Where will you hear your call?
It was never my ambition or aspiration to be a rabbi. I went to university to study economics, then switched to philosophy. I also had a fascination with the great British courtroom lawyers, …
Jonathan Tobin
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Ukraine war may undermine Israeli security
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Stop the hysteria! Harvard didn’t ‘cancel’ Roth, it chose not to honor an authentic antisemite
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Omar vote is a turning point for US Jews
Seen only in the context of the struggle between America’s two major political parties, the House of Representatives’ vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Relations …
Ben Cohen
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Schlein’s sinister view of her ‘Etruscan nose’
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‘Gobblefunk:’ Roald Dahl’s antisemitic legacy
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Free speech, hate speech: The Cavallaro scandal
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Time for ‘Auf Wiedersehen,’ Roger Waters?
Once upon a time, Roger Waters was a hero in Germany. In July 1990, a few months after the razing of the Berlin Wall, the former Pink Floyd frontman performed the group’s 1979 album “The …
Melanie Phillips
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EU’s subversion of Israel is the real story
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Diaspora Jews keep making the same mistake
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Read this book: ‘Can the Whole World be Wrong? Lethal Journalism, Antisemitism, Global Jihad’
One of the mysteries of the war against Israel is the extent to which a monstrously twisted narrative about Israel and the Palestinian Arabs — casting the former as evil and the latter as …
Food
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Playing the ‘time to use up the chametz’ tune
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Getting ready to send our mishloach manot
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As Maimonides knew, food nurtures our health
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Pesach kitchen wisdom: Get kids involved
Naomi Ross of Woodmere recently published the acclaimed kosher cookbook, “The Giving Table.” Folding chairs lined the hallway wall like dutiful soldiers in expectation of arriving …
Travel
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Bold, beautiful rewilding of Israel’s wetlands
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10 places to sense Jerusalem’s ancient history
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New wines from Samaria and Jordan Valley
Winemakers often say simply, “It started as a hobby.” What started as a hobby turned into a passion for many who live in the hills of Samaria or Binyamin, where the weather, soil and …
Health
Israel to Iowa’s rescue
In Iowa, sparsely populated rural areas exist with emergency medical services response times that are so long that they sometimes prove deadly. Now, the Hawkeye state is turning to the Jewish …
More Opinion Columns
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Hollywood’s purging of the Jews of ‘Babylon’
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Paying the price for a tragic Israeli surrender
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Here’s how political extremism became norm
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South Africans expose ‘Israeli apartheid’ fallacy
Driving with yellow in Nablus can get you killed
Innocent people of color were assaulted by a racist mob this past weekend. The victims were guilty of being the “wrong” color. The wrong color license plate, that is. It happened in …