Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz is perhaps among the top experts in problem resolution in Jewish education in American today. This is his story. He was raised right here on the South Shore (Belle … more

The reports keep coming, and from different sources; Hezbollah is gearing up for war against the State of Israel. In a report released by the Begin Center for Strategic Studies in January, former … more

The Merrick-Bellmore community celebrated the pouring of the bor (pool) for its new mikvah on Tuesday morning, with local rabbis joining community members at the mikvah site, 2174 Hewlett Ave. in … more

Long soldiers who come from the Five Towns, surrounding communities, the U.S. and other countries to serve in the Israel Defense Forces were honored by more than 600 people at the Friends of Israel … more

Thursday May 28 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. Saturday May 30 OU … more

HOMESTEAD, Pa. — Homestead’s Jewish history is absent from the town’s dominant industrial narrative. For a young woman hoping to uncover it, 16 boxes of records at the Heinz History … more

After Sunday’s Celebrate Israel Parade along Fifth Avenue, many celebrants will head into Central Park for the 22nd annual Israel Day Concert. Pictured at last year’s event (front row … more

The very last verse in our parsha comes after the concluding and summarizing statement of the sacrifices of the princes. And it seems totally out of place. “When Moses came into the Ohel … more

There is a story about the Gadol Hador (one of the great rabbis of our generation,) Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zatza”l, Rosh Yeshiva of Her Etzion, who passed away last month. Rav Aharon came … more

The cemetery in Jerusalem’s Givat Shaul neighborhood was bathed in the fading sunlight of a late May afternoon. Silently and steadily, the column of mourners wound their way towards an open … more