Gavin DeGraw will headline UJA-Federation of New York’s Annual Summerfest Concert on Thursday, Aug. 10, at the NYCB Theater, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury. The event begins at 6 pm with … more

In 2012, Rabbi Jason Herman wrote a letter to Israel’s chief rabbinate certifying that a friend of his who wished to get married was Jewish and single. The letter was declared invalid. … more

Some 7,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries headed back to their home countries this week following the 20th Maccabiah Games, a two-week event that is being praised for helping create … more

It might be just one more brick in virulently anti-Semitic rock superstar Roger Waters’ wall of hate, but for several Nassau County elected officials, it’s one step too far onto the dark … more

Continued from last week’s Jewish Star Tell me about the death march. Our camp was close to the front where the Americans were fighting the Germans. So they took us out and walked us … more

Last Friday’s deadly terror attack near the Temple Mount shows how Israel is at the forefront of the clash of civilizations between the Islamic world and the West—not only with the … more

The Israeli government reopened the Temple Mount complex to Muslims and members of other faiths on Sunday with strict new security measures, in the wake of last Friday’s attack near the … more

The U.S. consul general in Jerusalem recently set off on the first leg of a 200-mile hike that will simultaneously promote one pro-Palestinian myth while inadvertently exploding another. Consul … more

Last year, I wrote an opinion piece for JTA about a term and a trend few Jews over the age of 30 had ever heard of: intersectionality. Coined in the late 1980s, intersectionality posits that various … more

At 3-1/2, Peretz Apfelbaum may not completely understand it yet, but some kitchens can put his life in danger. The Brooklyn boy is allergic to peanuts … more