Rabbi Dovid Winiarz, z”l, whose work in chessed and kiruv strengthened the Yiddishkeit of countless Jews, died motzei Shabbat on icy roads in Maryland enroute to a kiruv conference near … more

You could almost hear the smack across the bow of the Obama administration on Wednesday as Speaker John Boehner invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress on … more

To the 85 people murdered in the never-prosecuted Iranian-linked bombing of Buenos Aires’ Jewish community center in 1994, another victim was added this week: Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor who … more

Five Towners visiting Israel during interession encounted Senator John McCain in Jerusalem last weekend. more

Recently, a new book was published with a curious title, “The People In Between,” by Robert Marx of Chicago’s Jewish Council on Urban Affairs. This interesting work, brought to … more

Four kedoshim perished in last week’s terror attack on the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris. more

2006 — Stroke sidelines ‘Bulldozer’ Ariel Sharon, whose prognosis is bleak. more

As predictably as birds flying south for the winter, last week’s abominable terrorist attack on the headquarters of the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, brought forth the … more

Nathan, is an 8-year-old who lives by the beach, loves scary roller coasters and can identify over 100 different sea creatures. With his 3-D printer, he has created a special pair of flip-flops … more

“I am the grandma, how can I not go?” says Barbara Gilbert of Las Vegas. Her grandson, Yosef Aryeh, will be having his bar mitzvah this February in Efrat. Though she says the trip … more