Dependable friends of the Jewish community — Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and Rep. Ritchie Torres — at Sunday night's 49th anniversary gala of the Bayit/Hebrew Institute of … more

Rep. Elise Stefanik, one of the leading voices in Congress denouncing Jew-hatred, received Yeshiva University’s highest honor — its presidential medallion — during the … more

Touro University graduated nearly 600 students last Sunday at the 51st Annual Commencement Exercises, held at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Bronx Democrat who is a … more

On May 19, two weeks before Shavuot, celebrity chef and cookbook author Jamie Geller, who is now the chief communications officer of Aish, set out with her team (including the writer of this … more

As Shavuot approaches, we celebrate not only the giving of the Torah — the covenant between the Jewish people and God — and the Festival of the Harvest, which marks the end of the wheat … more

Although the rest of the world refers to the Five Books of Moses as the Pentateuch, traditional Jews refer to it as the Chumash, stressing that it is comprised of five very different sections, … more

What significant moment from Jewish history is celebrated on Shavuot? The giving of the Torah, right? Wrong. Unlike other holidays such as Pesach and Sukkot, the Torah does not assign a … more

As a neurologist, specializing in Alzheimer’s and related diseases, I often give talks on memory. I usually begin by pointing out the unique relationship of Jews to the concept of memory. … more

Bamidbar (which means “desert”) is usually read on the Shabbat before Shavuot. What is the connection between the desert and the Torah, the wilderness and G-d’s word? The … more

The path that led Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old college-educated Hispanic man with a professional career working for a medical organization, to embrace a belief in “Free Palestine” … more