A little more than 50 years ago, on December 6, 1975, a makeshift Shabbat prayer service was held in the cavernous ballroom of Lincoln Square Synagogue, which was then located on West 69th Street and ...

A new anti-Israel narrative is taking shape among elements of the Democratic Party. It’s not about Gaza, settlements in Judea and Samaria, or Benjamin Netanyahu. It’s more menacing and fundamental.

Candles seem to be used in a lot of different ways for Jewish people. I personally was never sure what happens at Orthodox bat mitzvahs, but I just know that it may or may not involve some sort of ...

Israeli officials from across the political spectrum voiced deep concern over Tuesday’s election of Zohran Mamdani as New York City mayor, calling him a Hamas supporter and avowed Jew-hater. Israeli ...

After Lot departed from Avraham, Hashem visited him and promised the Land as well as descendants so numerous they could not be counted. Avraham’s response to this promise is not recorded. However, as ...

The Dutchess County Conservative Party was promoting a new governor for next year. The sign “Retire Hochul” said it all. In a bucolic setting at the northern end of the Metro-North’s Hudson line, ...

Bronze sculpture of an ibex from Iran, 1st millennium BCE. Fishes are not named in either sedra – only the requirement of having fins and scales. Be aware that fish can have different types of scales ...

In the financial world, few things offer more comfort than receiving a large sum of cash. The challenge is how to handle a windfall responsibly based on the markets, economic environment, and personal ...

In his new books, Rabbi Yosef Weisenfeld eloquently addresses these questions and more while also making the reader rethink the concept of facing “mizrach.” For example, one will be surprised to learn ...

As Israeli warplanes roared over Tehran in a wave of punishing strikes, another, quieter offensive was unfolding—one not launched from airbases, but from encrypted lines and whispered threats.

Last Thursday, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, former Chief Rabbi of Israel, launched a scathing attack on MK Yuli Edelstein, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, over Edelstein’s push ...

Gazans crowded outside a bakery, April 2025. A dispute has emerged at the highest levels over changes to the IDF’s plan for distributing humanitarian aid, as Prime Minister Netanyahu and several ...