At around 1 pm on a cloudy day in April 2014, Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., 74, pulled into the rear parking lot of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City and opened fire. Shouting … more

Other than being part of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, Sandy Koufax and Dean Kremer have something else in common: a respect for Jewish tradition. Koufax — recently ranked by ESPN as … more

Again this year, there is evidence of a polarization in Israeli society. Jewish men purporting to represent what Judaism is meant to be, describing themselves as “religious” or … more

The History Channel has reaffirmed its commitment to accuracy by revising its “Albert Einstein: Fact or Fiction?” webpage to report that Einstein was, in fact, supportive of … more

Born in Sighet, a town in northern Romania, in the early 1920s, Anna Lieberman Glatt, a”h, lived down the street from Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, who died on July 2, and their neighborhood … more

Long Island kids need not travel far for a summer full of fun. Whether day tripping or day camping, there’s lots to do from Brooklyn Heights to Montauk. At Ruach Day Camp at HANC in Uniondale, … more

Winthrop-University Hospital, in Mineola, and Manhattan-based NYU Langone are in talks to merge. Officials at Winthrop say this “strategic partnership” would benefit the Long Island … more

We live in an era of resurgent, strongman leaders. Some of them, like Russian President Vladimir Putin, carry an aura of invincibility, a sense that they effortlessly control the levers of power at … more

This week we’ve begun The Three Weeks — or ben ha-metzarim (literally, “between the narrow places).” On most Shabbatot, the Torah narrative that is read in synagogue is … more

I love baking and decorating with chocolate. Many years ago before I started catering, I began a chocolate business, not quite knowing much about chocolate but learning along the way. After ordering … more