It is hard to imagine how a young woman with a life-threatening illness, struggling every day just to move and breathe, has touched the lives of thousands of people in an incredibly powerful … more

Their smiles suggest that this may be the very favorite holiday of the children in class N3B of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway Early Childhood Center. Learning about the … more

With the first Seder just hours away, Sanitary District 1 will collect last-minute chometz on Friday, April 22.  Residents are encouraged to drop-off trash to garbage trucks that will be … more

The Rina Shkolnik kosher food pantry of the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC last week invited needy Five Towners to stock up for Pesach. “Unfortunately for many it is a very different holiday … more

Is the current wave of Palestinian terrorism waning? Yes, according to data from Israel’s Shin Bet security agency. But Shin Bet adds that the Islamic Movement in Israel is still trying to … more

Pesach commemorates events that clearly defined our people’s history and purpose. So, when I happened upon a commentary on a Haggadah whose author’s name brings to mind events in my past, … more

The non-partisan Orthodox Union on Monday rejected comments by Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders about Israel. Sanders said the United States should pursue a “more balanced … more

Students at Brandeis University reported finding a swastika drawn on a house where the Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) was hosting a party on Friday night. Lisa M. Lynch, the … more

Two weeks before New York’s presidential primary and special election for the 9th state Senate District seat, former President Bill Clinton visited Elmont on Tuesday to campaign for his wife, … more

Standing on what used to be New York Islanders’ ice level section of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Peter Wang, a design director with the Gensler architectural firm, gestured last week … more