This is the text of the statement by the Trump transition team announcing the selection of David Friedman as ambassador to Israel. President-elect Donald J. Trump on Thursday announced the … more

A Jewish ambassador to Israel who is more sympathetic to Israel than to the Palestinians, and who will respect the wishes of the Israeli public and government? Shocking! I’m not being … more

It is the “the witching hour,” around 4:30 pm, when darkness descends swiftly on the streets of New York, and exhausted children and their parents tend to quarrel. But my son Joel, now … more

For the first time since her son, Aryeh Natan Glassman, died of a heroin overdose in May, Rebecca Glassman delivered her message that the Orthodox Jewish … more

Rebecca Glassman of West Hempstead spoke at a gathering in Woodmere that confronted the issue of adiction … more

In late November, radical protesters in London attacked a Jewish communal building. As they wrestled with police at the gates, they screamed abuse about “baby killers!” and cried out, … more

This Aleppo tragedy is in our faces. But it’s too late. Because of advanced technology we can’t bury our heads in the sand and ignore the slaughter that is happening so far away. For … more

When Fania Bilkay and her son Evgeni stepped up to her desk, Sima Velkovich, a staffer in the archives division of Yad Vashem — The World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, was winding … more

President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, are shul shopping in D.C. — and it’s making headlines in the non-Jewish world. Reporting … more

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