One of the fun features of the New York City subway system is that when you use cash to buy a train ticket from a vending machine your change is returned in coins. Golden dollar coins. These … more

The Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, the only skilled nursing facility in the Five Towns area and the area’s only nursing facility under the kosher supervision of the VAAD … more

This week’s essay is the introduction to the revised commentary on the Book of Genesis by Rabbi Ari Kahn titled “Explorations Expanded,” published by Kodesh Press. Rabbi Kahn … more

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council staffer who delivered testimony on Tuesday confirming that President Donald Trump sought dirt from Ukraine on a political … more

In Taika Waititi’s satirical film “Jojo Rabbit,” set in Nazi Germany, the Jewish Maori director plays Adolf Hitler. “What better way to insult Hitler than having him played by … more

Five Democratic candidates for president spoke this week at the annual Washington conference of the left-wing J Street organization. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Minnesota Senator Amy … more

Eric Lidji remembers people leaving objects in sets of 11. Eleven white feathers, 11 Jewish stars, 11 egg-shaped sculptures. But mostly, he remembers the stones, 2,000 of them spread … more

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said that a Warren administration would consider all options to prevent Israel from ramping up settlement building in Judea and Samaria, including … more

“Jojo Rabbit” sounds like a film that is difficult to pull off amid the state of rising anti-Semitism in 2019. It’s a comedy set during the Holocaust about a 10-year-old German … more

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt rolled up his sleeve Tuesday morning and put his arm where his words are — getting a flu vaccination in front of dozens of newspaper reporters and other employees at … more