In the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, two local entrepreneurs turned personal pain into purposeful support, creating a lifeline for Israeli soldiers, displaced families and a … more

The Bikur Cholim of Far Rockaway and the Five Towns annual Brunch drew 550 supporters to the White Shul on Sunday morning, Dec.15. In discussing the power of chesed, the keynote speaker, Rabbi … more

Rabbi Binny Freedman speaks with students at the Salanter Akiba Riverdale High School on Monday, discussing gap-year programs at Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem where he is rosh yeshiva. Rabbi … more

A call for book-burning at this year’s National Council of Teachers of English annual convention — whose tagline is “Heart, Hope and Humanity” — has laid bare a growing … more

I am a Jewish American who feels incredibly fortunate to be part of a thriving Jewish Diaspora in the United States. I am also unabashedly committed to the State of Israel. The Israeli Ministry of … more

Two recent developments suggest that a concerted effort is underway to reframe the international human-rights architecture that emerged from World War II, by shifting the focus … more

Even as jihadists are taking over Syria, ethnically cleansing Kurds and terrorizing Christians, the media is hailing the “inclusive” regime that “liberated” Syria. The … more

A mericans were shocked and outraged by the assassination of Brian Thompson, the CEO of the UnitedHealthcare insurance company. Or at least most Americans were. Some were apparently happy about it, … more

A unique liturgical feature of this holiday is the recitation within the Amidah and Birkat Hamazon of Al Hanissim acknowledging the miracles of that long ago era, of history’s first open … more

It was in the second or third grade that I began to study Chumash . I remember beginning at the beginning, with Parashat Bereshit. It must have been in third, or perhaps even fourth, grade that we … more