Atlantic Beach is going to court on July 14 in a bid to kill plans by Long Beach-based Chabad of the Beaches to expand in its community. The village hopes to do this by seizing Chabad-owned … more

CHICAGO — As the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., headed down Central Avenue in one of Chicago’s most Jewish suburbs, gunshots rang out at approximately 10:15 am from the … more

The organized Jewish community and the religious denominations say they’re committed to two positions. On the one hand, all of them purport to be strong supporters of social justice, … more

Jewish Star, won a first place Rockower award for a piece about Jonathan Pollard, at the annual conference of the American Jewish Press Association last week at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. It … more

A disparate group of Islamist clerics has been busily predicting that the State of Israel will disappear in 2022, citing the Koran for support. The prediction has been circulating in earnest … more

A great victory has been declared over BDS, the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement whose aim is the destruction of Israel. Last summer, the Unilever-owned company Ben & … more

Anyone involved in the discourse on Israel and Zionism is aware that the words “as a Jew” often presage something distinctly monstrous, such as ferocious denunciations of Israel, … more

There are some, say the Talmud, who acquire their world in an hour and others who lose it in an hour. No example of the latter is more arresting and bewildering than the famous episode in Chukat, … more

In 1987, I went backpacking across Japan during its famous cherry blossom season. Unfortunately, I suffered from terrible allergies and my nose was running like a faulty faucet. In desperation, I … more

He’s been at the Arava International Center for Agricultural Training (AICAT) in Sapir since 2019, learning advanced Israeli farming methods that he hopes to plow into a career in … more