Recounting his experiences on Jan. 15, 2022, when an ordinary Shabbat service turned into an 11-hour hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Jeff Cohen said it … more

When I was a kid, each week for ten weeks before Tu B’Shevat (which begins Sunday night, Feb. 5), we brought 10 cents to school and bought a stamp which formed another leaf of a tree which, … more

The Palestinian Authority and its supporters have a new enemy: the Louvre in Paris. The world’s most-visited museum, the famous French institution that holds some of the greatest works of … more

An unprecedented number of Israelis traveled to Qatar during the recent FIFA World Cup, but will this continue now that the soccer championship is over? Rabbis involved with Jews in Arab countries … more

It’s a book filled with the names of 4.8 million murder victims. The blank pages at the end, though, are especially haunting. In recognition of this year’s International Holocaust … more

At whatever point George Santos — who falsely claimed to be Jewish (later, “Jew-ish”) with Holocaust-survivor grandparents and a mother killed by the 9/11 attack, and who’s … more

In Iowa, sparsely populated rural areas exist with emergency medical services response times that are so long that they sometimes prove deadly. Now, the Hawkeye state is turning to the Jewish … more

One of the highlights of the Pesach seder is the presentation of the Ten Plagues. Precisely because they are so well-known, however, there is a danger that some among us may lose sight of their … more

We have all heard the comment, “They don’t make them the way they used to,” with reference to all sorts of things, usually tools and utensils. Despite all the technological advances … more

The tourist bus that parked opposite Rachel’s Tomb two weeks ago, on one of the days of the Chanukah holiday, did not attract any special attention — until the moment its doors opened. … more