This line from the rap album “Apocalypse ’91” by Public Enemy served, 30 years ago, as my introduction to a disturbing, perverse accusation that was prevalent in some left-wing … more

There are two sides to the war against Israel: the terrorist side and the political side. The missiles the Hamas terrorist regime in Gaza fired at Ashdod and Ashkelon, and the anti-Israel … more

A 19th-century silver Kiddush cup. Faded Soviet propaganda magazines from the 1920s. Clandestine letters mailed from the front by Jewish soldiers battling Nazis. … more

Mazal tov to Hannah and Methuselah on their 111 miracle babies! The proud parents are date palms grown from ancient seeds uncovered in archeological excavations in Israel. These dates, recently … more

For 40 years, Rosh Hashana dinner at the Hofman house was the place to be. More than 30 or so family members and friends gathered at our long refectory table, with teens at a card table (the … more

 Israel is seeing a spike in aliyah, with more people interested in moving to the Jewish state compared to previous years. But with COVID-19 wreaking havoc across the world, it has become … more

Rep. Eliot Engel, the Bronx Democrat who chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee, lost his primary to progressive Jamaal Bowman, and the scramble to replace him on the committee in the next … more

It’s a bright new day in the Emergency Department at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway. Relegated to history is a former cramped and overcrowded environment … more

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, died on erev Rosh Hashana, Friday Sept. 18, at the age of 87. Ginsburg, a judicial, feminist and Jewish icon who was … more

Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement. After a year unlike any we could have anticipated, I have been waiting for this day, not for atonement so much as a reset. … more