US Army Master Sgt. Roderick (“Roddie”) Edmonds, who saved roughly 200 Jewish American soldiers from certain death during World War II and is the only US soldier recognized by Yad Vashem as one … more

Sarah Sassoon grew up surrounded by the food, music and warmth of an Iraqi Jewish home in Australia — but without the stories that explained where her family came from or why they had left. … more

Symphony of Hope will bring restored Holocaust‑era violins, international soloists and local ensembles to Long Island for a concert that will transform private histories of loss into public acts of … more

Students at the Yeshiva of Central Queens (YCQ) concluded two weeks of intensive study with a Bracha Bee. The event marked the finale of a brachot unit that launched on Tu B’Shvat. Grades 1 … more

Students in Lev Chana at HALB recreated kriat yam suf by building models in their classrooms — and then they reenacted the splitting of the sea as they walked and danced down the hallway with blue … more

Yosef Chaim Ohana, a former hostage who spent 738 days in Hamas captivity, was the guest speaker at a packed Congregation Anshei Shalom on motzei Shabbat, when he shared a harrowing story of survival … more

In 1899, before he was Harry Houdini, Ehrich Weiss walked into an Omaha, Neb., police station and asked officers to tie him up, lock him down and see if he could escape. Minutes later, the young … more

I write these words from Jerusalem in a country at war. Ever since my first child was born, I have been fascinated by Purim. Of all our holidays, none invites us into the world of our children … more

When the news broke out that both the US and Israel hit Iran, these were some of the reactions. more