Chabad-Atlantic Beach war: Peace at last, or just a ceasefire?
All parties now appear eager to end the bruising battle between the Village of Atlantic Beach and the barrier-island branch of Chabad. “All we have been after is to be a good memb er of …
politics
Adams to Mamdani-phobic Jews: Stay and fight
Jewish New Yorkers should stand their ground and fight for their city rather than leave in response to Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic primary win, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said at a Jewish …
gaza war
They are all our children. Enough is enough.
We have all been extraordinarily proud of the incredible achievements of the Israeli and American governments in tackling the existential threat of a nuclear Iran. While there is still much work to …
heritage
Perspective, purpose, pride from a trip to Spain
When Hannah Gold, a student at Long Island’s Adelphi University, boarded a plane to Spain earlier this month, she wasn’t just going on a trip — she was stepping into a story that …
cartoon
'You will not replace us'
Jewish replacement theory, shouted in 2017 by torch-bearing marchers in Charlottesville, Virginia, was featured in this 1892 cartoon that proclaimed: ‘Instead of returning to the holy land to …
Politics
Good news for Israel, bad news for diaspora Jews
Rome is burning. The Titanic is sinking. And Jews, once again, are fiddling beside Nero while an orchestra goes down with the ship. For a preternaturally nervous people, Jews sometimes have …
Books
Targeting Iran nukes: Lion doesn’t sleep tonight
It took more than 20 years of meticulous planning and practice for Israel to launch “Operation Rising Lion.” The Jewish state used every tool it could muster, from the clandestine forces …
food
Summer backyard barbecues, strictly kosher
Barbecuing is primal, even dangerous. It’s looked on as a guy thing — all that fire, smoke, sharp implements and mountains of meat. But hold on, folks! Women are drawn to that fire …
NVIDIA
Israel frenzy over $4-trillion NVIDIA
Nvidia has received numerous offers from Israeli municipalities and organizations seeking to host the company’s planned massive campus expansion, as the US artificial intelligence chip giant …
health
Meduzot watch: How Israel deals with jellyfish
For Israeli parents of young children, a summer trip to the beach includes packing hats and sunscreen, towels and toys, water and snacks. In recent years, it also means visiting a popular …
research
Auditory interaction between plants and animals
In a world-first study, researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered an acoustic interaction between plants and insects. Focusing on female moths, the study found that the insects make …
gaza war
New deicide: Proclaiming Jesus a ‘Palestinian’
The ubiquitous propaganda that Jesus was “Palestinian” is simultaneously laughably absurd and deadly serious. It is repeated by influencers, activists, even elected officials and clergy …
Global Focus
‘Riverway to the Sea’ These people aren’t fooling around
Jews in the West are facing a gradually unfolding witch-hunt, spurred by fanatics and zealots no less venomous than the Puritans who drove the Salem Witch Trials. Let me make crystal clear the …
history
Not bombing Auschwitz and our bombing Iran
A major front-page article in the New York Times this week strongly criticized Israel’s bombing of an Iranian torture center, even going so far as to suggest that the Israeli strike …
TRAVEL
It’s time to travel to Jerusalem
“Jerusalem has become probably the safest city to be in Israel,” said Steve Rubin, director of Tourism in the Jerusalem Development Authority, and “this is actually the best …
gaza war
With husbands at war, women hold the fort
When war erupted in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Orya Marriott was in London with her husband, Reuven, and their toddler daughter. What was meant to be a pleasant vacation spent with his family in his …
health
Hadassah taps development and marketing excs
Hadassah has appointed Steven Mark as Chief Development Officer and Dana Asher as Co-Director of Marketing & Communications. “With the arrival of Steven Mark and Dana Asher, we once …
Education
Why teachers’ unions are at war with Israel
On the list of professions that inspire the most respect among Americans, teachers rank very high. According to Gallup, only nurses scored higher than educators in its annual poll concerning opinions …
gaza war
Nazi chic and soft-soaping the Jew-baiters
Let’s conduct a thought experiment. •Imagine that Nazism had broken out of its wartime German-dominated confines and had become the creed of millions throughout the West. …
SCHOOLS
SAR HS graduation in Riverdale
This week in Torah
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Continuing our search for a covenant of peace
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Pinchas lesson: Safeguarding against extremism
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Here’s how Judaism has dealt with its zealots
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Need something? If you don’t ask, you don’t get
Does anyone think feminism was conceived in the 1960s? Long before anyone dreamed of it, the very first feminists appeared in the Bible. And they make their dramatic entry in this week’s Torah …
Jonathan Tobin
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Consequences of woke racial classifications
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Mamdani, AOC are Democrats of the future
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Why teachers’ unions are at war with Israel
On the list of professions that inspire the most respect among Americans, teachers rank very high. According to Gallup, only nurses scored higher than educators in its annual poll concerning opinions …
Ben Cohen
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Tehran’s expertise: The exporting of terrorism
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Voice of Iran: An enemy broadcaster in our midst
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Art world’s hatred of Jews, from Wagner to Vylan
Nearly 200 years separate Richard Wagner, the German composer who revolutionized the opera, from Bob Vylan, a musical duo from the English city of Ipswich presently attempting to revive the spirit …
Kosher Bookworm
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Liberty Bell and this week’s Torah connection
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Sefiros: A Jewish morally-based math lesson
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A Jewish perspective on the Fourth of July
In his preface to a sourcebook on the biblical origins of the American republic, “Proclaim Liberty” (Toby Press, 2019), its editor, Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik informs us of the …
On Campus
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Wake up, Harvard U: Woke will make you broke!
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Trump joins US colleges in selling out to Qatar
Editor’s note: With the president planning to accept a 400-million-dollar gift and uncounted hundreds of millions in business benefits from Qatar, it’s useful to consider Qatar’s …
More Opinion Columns
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The real lesson of the attack on Josh Shapiro
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To explain Zionism, you need to explain Palestinians
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At LI museum, butterflies link Shoah and Oct 7
While most people today know something about the Holocaust, future generations will not have the opportunity to hear firsthand accounts from survivors. Nevertheless, we’ll need to keep the …
Food: Dining In
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When it’s sizzling hot, it’s time for cool foods
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Summer backyard barbecues, strictly kosher
Barbecuing is primal, even dangerous. It’s looked on as a guy thing — all that fire, smoke, sharp implements and mountains of meat. But hold on, folks! Women are drawn to that fire …
Travel
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On your next trip, check modern Israel’s history
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It’s time to travel to Jerusalem
“Jerusalem has become probably the safest city to be in Israel,” said Steve Rubin, director of Tourism in the Jerusalem Development Authority, and “this is actually the best …
Health
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Weizmann posts leukemia findings after direct hit
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Bicycling toward both physical and mental health
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Hadassah taps development and marketing excs
Hadassah has appointed Steven Mark as Chief Development Officer and Dana Asher as Co-Director of Marketing & Communications. “With the arrival of Steven Mark and Dana Asher, we once …