Since Israel was founded in 1948, its numerous wars have taken a heavy toll on its small population. With mandatory conscription, most Israelis have lost someone on the battlefield — a … more

Thursday April 16 LUNCH & LEARN with Rabbi Shalom Axelrod of YI Woodmere. Traditions Restaurant, 302 Central Ave, Lawrence. 12:30 to 1:30 pm. $12 lunch. 516-398-3094. YOM HASHOAH … more

HAFTR High School hosted the 25th annual Yeshiva League Model Congress on March 25. Over 200 students attended from yeshiva high schools in New York and New Jersey. Presiding were co presidents … more

The seventh graders of Shulamith Middle Division traveled to Philadelphia on March 26 for a day of touring in the City of Brotherly Love. Bustling with excitement, the girls boarded buses at 7 am … more

Explosions, gunfire, the sounds of battle, lashab (lechima be’shetach banui) urban warfare. No place to hide, nowhere to run, no time to think.  The army teaches many things; one of the … more

Israel is an important part of everyday life at HANC High School. Throughout the year students are involved in academic and co-curriculum programs related to Israel education and advocacy. This … more

The National Library of Israel plans to digitize a collection of documents that belonged to the Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever, who experienced the horrors of the Holocaust in the Vilna … more

When 12-year-old Max Levin was looking for a meaningful way to celebrate his upcoming bar mitzvah in 2006, he embarked on a project in Israel that created a link between today’s teens and their … more

As I finished my last article, I was about to board a plane to Israel for a quick trip and return home two days before Pesach, a whirlwind five days in Israel with my husband Jerry’s son and … more

This week and next week, the Torah portion begins with the phrase “yom ha shmini,” referring to an eighth day. In this week’s parsha Shemini, the reference is to the eighth day of … more