The story of America’s oldest synagogue, as told by retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, is the story of American Jewish history.
Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, Souter …
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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8/9/17
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Israeli officials and the leaders of major American Jewish organizations united in condemnation of Sunday night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, in which at least 58 people were killed and more …
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By Adam Abrams, JNS
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10/3/17
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The check really is in the mail this time.
Presidents Clinton, Bush #43, and even Obama gave lip service to moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, but President Trump is the first …
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By Jeff Dunetz for The Jewish Star
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12/5/17
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After a year without their anti-Israel rhetoric and actions, the Obama team is back, and just as bad as ever. Last Wednesday, former President Obama and former Secretary of State John Kerry each made …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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1/31/18
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Wednesday morning was a powerful one as we commemorated the victims of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. …
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By Rina Zerykier, Principal, Shulamith School for Girls
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3/21/18
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Hundreds of HALB elementary school children and parents came together last Sunday at the school’s new Hewlett Bay Park campus to have a blast and celebrate HALB in “full …
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5/24/18
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In the first mishnah of Pirkei Avot, our Sages teach that the Torah was given to us by Hashem along with the Oral Law: “Moshe received the Torah at Sinai, transmitted it to Yehoshua, who did in …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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7/18/18
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Israel Defense Forces and other security personnel were in pursuit this week of the Palestinian who murdered, execution-style, two Israelis at the Barkan Industrial Park on Sunday …
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Combined Sources
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10/13/18
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Click here for a preliminary report from the Nassau Herald.
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12/1/18
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The alliance between African-Americans and Jews during the struggle for civil rights has often been invoked when tensions between the two have arisen in the years since the 1960s.
Yet the memory …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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1/31/19
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