It isn’t the super-sized Jewish experience of New York City or the Five Towns. But while the Mid-Hudson Valley still has plenty to offer observant Jews (including Orthodox shuls and a mikvah), … more

RAMAT HASHARON — An Israeli soldier clapped football great and Vietnam War veteran Roger Staubach on the shoulder at a soccer field here, telling the 1963 Heisman Trophy winner and U.S. Naval … more

A Scottish man arrested for teaching his girlfriend’s dog to do the Nazi salute denied in court that he committed a hate crime. Mark Meechan, 29, taught the pug, named Buddha (pictured), to … more

Part of the charm of Sukkot is the shuk arba minim, the chaos of the lulav and etrog market. The narrow window of time for this ad hoc religio-enterprenuerial market is just as soon as Yom Kippur … more

The Levi Yitzchak Family Center will host its annual community breakfast this Sunday, Dec. 3, at 9:30 am. The library, in its storefront space at 564 Central  Ave. in Cedarhurst, houses more … more

In an “intersectionality” powerplay meant to further ostracise Jews from the progressive movement, Palestinian advocates boycotted last weekend’s Women’s March Los Angeles … more

Shulamith High School for Girls in Cedarhurst is one of the first to join a new national campaign to prepare young people as constructive community members. Led by Harvard’s Making Caring … more

Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology has opened its newest location at 625 Rockaway Tpke., Lawrence. Co-owner Drs. Susan and Steven Mendelsohn, behind of the scissor blade, are flanked by local officials and … more

Rockets raining down from Gaza. Suicide bombers slipping through terror tunnels. Terrorist threats from all angles. Soldiers on the Syrian and Sinai borders, along with nationwide security … more

What happens when you combine neuroscience research, state of the art interactive software, and the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach? For the past five years, HALB has partnered with 2Sigma Education … more