Now that Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor, should Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu test the 34-year-old’s pledge to arrest him by visiting New York? Inna Vernikov, a … more

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer loves to call himself Shomer Yisrael, the “Guardian of Israel.” But Schumer isn’t the guardian of Israel — he’s the abandoner of his … more

Nick Fuentes had good reason to celebrate. He is the leading example of the so-called “groypers” — the term applied to the particular brand of fanatical antisemites and far-right … more

I once heard a story from a colleague in Johannesburg,who, like me, grew up in Brooklyn. He said that his grandfather was once the victim of an attempted mugging on Shabbat. Calmly, he told his … more

There is real pain for someone whose child goes on a path you did not intend for them. A parent pours so many resources into Jewish education, values, and guidance, and yet the child seems … more

V eteran readers of this column are familiar with my paternal grandfather, Chaim Yitzchak Weinreb. He was an old-school Jew, with roots in the region of eastern Poland known as Galicia. He had … more

Rebecca, hitherto infertile, became pregnant. Suffering acute pain, “she went to inquire of the L-rd” ( vatelech lidrosh et Hashem ). The explanation she received was that she was … more

“Creating art so close to the event has a certain rawness — it comes from the gut, from emotion that hasn’t yet faded or been sanitized by distance,” said Lior Chefetz, … more

Thanksgiving usually consists of cooking on a level that Jews do every week for Shabbat — soup, salad and all those sides that accompany the main dish. And while chicken was never a … more

Thanksgiving is a time for gratitude — a chance to pause, reflect and celebrate the blessings in our lives. But for many families, it’s also a time of high emotions, tension and even … more