Bob Mankoff has been the cartoon editor at The New Yorker for 20 years. But he’s been a Jew for 72. The celebrated cartoonist … more

It is rapidly approaching Shavuot which will mark the fifth yahrtzeit of my beloved daughter Rebekah, better known as Bekah. These past five years have been extremely difficult for our family but … more

This week’s Kosher Bookworm features an excerpt from an essay by the distinguished writer and thinker Michal Horowitz which will serve as the introduction to a series of review essays focusing … more

Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate in the French presidential elections, said she would ban halal slaughter of animals if she is elected, along with any other method … more

It isn’t the super-sized Jewish experience of New York City or the Five Towns. But while the Mid-Hudson Valley still has plenty to offer observant Jews (including Orthodox shuls and a mikvah), … more

Ground was broken on Sunday for Kehillas Ahavas Yisrael of Cedarhurst’s new building at 545 Arbuckle Ave. Pictured from left: Shul board member Izzy Wasser; Assemblywoman Melissa Miller; … more

Jewish leaders inside and outside France expressed alarm after far-right populist Marine Le Pen’s strong showing in the first round of the French presidential election … more

DRS’s fourth color war competition, staged before Pesach, was different, with each grade for themselves. Events began with intense games of musical chairs and Simon Says, which came down to the … more

Rabbi Libman, Rabbi Jacobs, and all the guests who came to HALB who joined the school’s fourth grade talmidim in the celebration of their Mishnas Siyum had a tremendous amount of nachat. The … more

Sara Duani, who serves as Jewish Studies Curriculum Coordinator and a Jewish Studies teacher at Yeshiva Har Torah, was recently named a Jewish Education Project Young Pioneers Award winner for … more