Eighth grade students from Yeshiva of Central Queens visit the Holocaust Resource Center of Temple Judea, in Manhasset, to meet with Survivor, Irving Roth, author of … more

Schools mark 3 days of somber reflection and joy: Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, Yom HaAtzmaut more

During the last week of March, 19 HAFTR seniors had the opportunity to participate in a life-changing mission to Poland, and I was fortunate enough to be one of those students. On this trip, we … more

Do we have Palestinian rock throwers to thank for the fidget spinner? The inventor of the ubiquitous stress-reducing toy says she came up with the idea during a trip to Israel in the 1980s, during … more

There was something of a motivational speaker about President Donald Trump as he welcomed Mahmoud Abbas, the gerontocrat at the helm of the Palestinian Authority for the last 12 years, to the White … more

On Shabbos, the Progressive Party in Norway, the smaller of two parties within the ruling government coalition (with 29 of 169 parliament seats), announced … more

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli government ministers this week approved a bill that would officially define Israel as a Jewish state. The legislation unanimously passed the Ministerial Committee … more

Ten days before Donald Trump was inaugurated, Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked visited the settlement in Hebron, where several hundred Jews are ensconced in a city of 150,000 … more

PARIS — French Jews may have voted en masse for Emmanuel Macron in the final round of France’s presidential elections, but that doesn’t make him their dream president. … more

Bonfires will light up the night this motzei Shabbos and on Sunday as Jewish communities everywhere celebrate Lag B’Omer. In the parking lot of Far Rockaway’s White Shul, the blaze will … more