Diplomatic efforts to end the regional war launched by Hamas with its Oct. 7, 2023 pogrom in southern Israel have now returned to the place where it all started. Last week, the Board of Peace, the … more

Forty members of seven Mashadi families left Great Neck on Monday enroute to Ra’anana, embarking on new lives as olim. Exchanging a tight-knit Persian community on Long Island’s North Shore … more

After a quarter century of seeking justice for their daughter Malka Chana “Malki” Roth, who was 15 when she was murdered in a suicide bombing at Sbarro in Jerusalem on Aug. 9, 2001, Arnold and … more

Nearing 102 years old, curiosity has not left Dan Hadani. The centenarian’s life story, which begins in prewar Poland and continues in the nascent State of Israel, weaves … more

Nefesh B’Nefesh celebrated on Sunday the arrival of its 100,000th North American oleh, a landmark achievement since the organization’s founding in 2002. President Isaac Herzog welcomed the … more

A partnership between the Park East Synagogue, a 136-year-old Modern Orthodox congregation and one of the highest-profile pulpits, and Chabad-Lubavitch of the Upper East Side was announced on Friday. … more

Mayor Zohran Mamdani held a closed-door meeting with a select group of Jewish spiritual leaders on Monday, barring both traditionally Orthodox and more broadly recognized leaders. The roundtable … more

Across the country, teachers are gearing up for the fall semester. Watching my husband and daughter — both working public-school teachers — prepare for the new academic year, I can see firsthand … more

There’s an important piece of grossly underpublicized information you missed last month. Don’t worry. It wasn’t your fault. No mass media outlet believed it was worth your attention. It … more

For Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz, of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, a Modern Orthodox synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, observing Rosh Hashana this year without acknowledging the events of Sept. … more