Every year, it’s the same standard setup: brunch for Mother’s Day and a barbecue for Father’s Day. But why fight the Sunday-morning breakfast crowd? And why sweat on a hot June day, … more

As we prepare for the upcoming holiday of Shavuot, I can’t help but think that we are at another holiday without our brothers and sisters home. The hostages remain in my thoughts each and every … more

Shavuot, which begins at sundown on Tuesday, June 11, is rooted (like Pesach) in the agricultural season (originally, the beginning of the wheat harvest). Before the fall of the Temple, … more

Shavuot is one of my favorite holidays. Yes, it is an excuse for making cheesecake and blintzes and my kids favorite mac and cheese, but it is also a day to reflect on Judaism and what receiving the … more

When a small conference was held this spring in Israel’s biblical heartland … more

As hundreds of Jews descended on Amsterdam for an “emergency summit” on Monday, the chairman of the European Jewish Association called on Israel to prepare for a mass influx of immigrants … more

As with everything in the Jewish world post-Oct. 7, this year’s pre-parade Met Council legislative breakfast in Manhattan had a much different feel. The event featured the haunting … more

More than 400 supporters of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces honored Lawrence resident Benjamin Brafman, a nationally-acclaimed defense attorney, at group’s 2024 Five Towns and Greater … more

With t-shirts broadcasting their support for the Jewish state, an estimated 100,000 people marched up Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue on Sunday. Two New York schools joined others in conveying a clear … more

The US and many of its allies were quick to criticize plans by the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor to seek arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu … more