JERUSALEM (AP) — A leading international watchdog on Wednesday accused the militant Hamas group of abducting, torturing and killing Palestinians during the war in the Gaza Strip last year, … more

It’s a day when it seems as though all of New York turns out to show its love for Midinat Yisroel. On Sunday — rain or shine — schools, shuls, organizations and individuals from … more

In Arabic, the word is Farhud means “violent dispossession.” It’s a word the Jews of wartime Europe did not know, just as Holocaust was a word unfamiliar to the Jews of WWII … more

In 1965, legendary Major League Baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax opted not to pitch Game 1 of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers because the game coincided with Yom Kippur. Half a century … more

Israeli weightlifter Yossef Romano and 10 other members of the Israeli Olympic team were murdered by Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists during the 1972 summer Olympics in Munich, West … more

With Shavuot now behind up, we restart our learning of Pirkei Avot, beginning with the first chapter. Thus, it is most opportune to bring to your attention a new commentary by Rabbi Marc Angel, a … more

A new trustee was elected to the Lawrence Board of Education on Tuesday. Heshy Blachorsky defeated Asher Matathias, 1,281 to 407, to fill a seat filled for the last nine years by Uri Kaufman, … more

Recent ordeals for Jews on college campuses include being probed on their religious identity in student government hearings, seeing swastikas sprayed on fraternity houses, and the presence of a … more

The Hebrew Academy of Nassau County this week announced its Class of 2015 top honorees — Valedictorian Adam Livi, and Salutatorians Eliana Kaufman, Leah Scher and Yigal Kamel. “Adam, … more

Sixty-three excited Shulamith eighth graders embarked on a memorable two day trip to Washington last week. Our first stop was Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, where we visited the burial … more