Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a museum in Lithuania commemorating Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis during the Holocaust. Abe visited … more

JERUSALEM — Israelis love their tomatoes. They eat them whole, sliced, diced and cooked. Nearly half of Israelis, in a survey taken a couple years ago, said tomato is their favorite vegetable … more

  Challah is so important to Shabbos that, if a family cannot afford both wine and challah, the challah is considered the more important item. There are many commandments and customs … more

While  many people I know are all too excited to be the proud owners of upgraded technology that boasts the latest and the greatest, I’ve been indifferent. More than indifferent, actually. … more

In a bid to show the world what responsible, considered citizens they are, Iran’s leaders last week hosted their annual, gloriously named, “Tehran Security Conference.” The … more

As part of a two-hour rant on Sunday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared that the Oslo Accords signed with Israel almost 25 years ago were now dead. That was a false statement because those … more

The Oslo Accords? “Killed,” the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says. The Israeli prime minister says the Palestinians are now “unmasked.” Notably, the … more

“Israel is a colonial project that has nothing to do with Jews,” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in a blistering two-hour speech on Sunday that included a virtual … more

The Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce brought its Small Business Alliance to the Five Towns last week, holding a networking event at the Lawrence Yacht and County Club that was attended by several … more

The Far Towns’ neighborhood medical center — St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway — proudly cut the ribbon last week opening its newest improvement: a state-of … more