The HANC Middle School hosted the school year’s second Torah Bowl on Jan 2. Students mastered Parshiot Vayera, Chaya Sarah and Toldot with Rashi. HAFTR, HALB, Shulamith, North Shore and … more

Kol HaKavod to the teachers who didn’t let a snow day stop Torah learning at Yeshiva Har Torah, arranging for shiurim by conference call and Google Classroom. Rabbi Eisenberger’s class … more

The gap between how Republicans and Democrats view Israel is widening, a Pew Research Center poll found. The poll posted Tuesday showed 79 percent of Republicans but only 27 percent of Democrats … more

Vice President Mike Pence promised the Knesset on Monday that the U.S. Embassy would move to Jerusalem “before the end of next year,” advancing the timeline of several years that was … more

In an “intersectionality” powerplay meant to further ostracise Jews from the progressive movement, Palestinian advocates boycotted last weekend’s Women’s March Los Angeles … more

It’s better here than there: That was the message of a panel of experts considering the rise of anti-Semitism in the United States and Europe. “It’s far from perfect,” said … more

In Monday’s New York Times, columnist Max Fisher treated Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Israel as just another expression of what he considers the divisive policies of the Trump … more

What was to be a 12-hour trek from JFK airport in Queens to Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv became a nearly 27-hour test of endurance for passengers aboard an El Al flight, including Rabbi Dovid … more

In an otherwise darkened theater, viewers gasped when they saw what appeared to be a seated 83-year-old man wearing a light … more

It is deeply humbling for me to stand before this vibrant democracy to have the great honor to address this Knesset, the first vice president of the United States to be afforded that privilege here … more