Pesach is the oldest and most transformative story of hope ever told. It tells of how an otherwise undistinguished group of slaves found their way to freedom from the greatest and longest-lived … more

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has become a wedge issue in Democratic midterm primaries, with progressive candidates, even beyond the far-left flank, seeing it as a point of pride to … more

Parents, educators and community leaders from across New York returned from the annual Teach NYS Albany mission to significant developments: the state Senate and Assembly released budget proposals … more

As Iranian and Hezbollah missile attacks continue across Israel … more

How’s your memory? As families gather around the Seder table during Passover, storytelling becomes a powerful act of memory — retelling the journey from slavery to freedom and passing … more

This month we mark 34 years since the murderous bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, which left 29 dead — Israelis, Argentines and nationals of other countries — dozens of wounded, and … more

The last time I went to Carnegie Hall to see something Jewish, it didn’t go well. In October, I went to hear the Israel Philharmonic but was denied entry because my pocketbook was “too … more

The following question has been posed on several occasions in recent years, but no more so than now, as the US and Israeli combined attack on the clerical regime ruling Iran continues apace: Which … more

There’s been growing concern in America over the increasingly mainstream belief that Israel drags it into foreign wars, a belief given rocket fuel by the war against Iran.  This belief … more

It was a tumultuous one for New York, its mayor and its Jewish population. Over several days, the city was confronted with events that, in a different era, might have been considered deeply … more