Purim is near, arriving Thursday evening, March 13. It is an early sign of spring, time to bake a lot and begin to use up the flour and other chametz … more

NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief has reached 20 years of providing emergency medical, dental and psychological care to survivors of war and other natural and man-made disasters. The Israeli … more

Hostages freed from Gaza are showing severe health impacts including dramatic weight loss of up to 55 pounds, significant muscle deterioration, and complex medical challenges that will require … more

Despite rising antisemitism and diminishing tolerance, Iran’s Jewish community maintains a strong sense of cultural pride and national identity, according to David Nissan, an Iran expert and … more

A 27-year-old Jewish plumber is accused of firing 17 times from a semiautomatic handgun at two vacationing Israeli tourists, whom he mistook for Palestinians, in Miami Beach at about 9:30 pm on … more

Three decades ago this week, a conflict erupted in Harlem, when reports describing an ongoing Islamic trade in black slaves in Mauritania and Sudan hit the newsstands. While much of the black … more

Touro University has officially absorbed the New York College of Podiatric Medicine, the first college of podiatry in the United States. … more

You would be forgiven if this past week confused you about the state of antisemitism in America and what can, and what should not, be done about it. There was even a self-destructive … more

As I sat in my hotel bed at the Revere Hotel in Boston, my stay covered by Emerson College because they “couldn’t guarantee my safety” as a Jewish student during the pro-Palestinian … more

S ay what you will about former President Joe Biden’s policies, but he was the most knowledgeable US president on the Middle East. Donald Trump, on the other hand, may be among the least … more