I never saw the movie “Entebbe,” or, as history’s most audacious and daring military rescue operation was known to me in my Israeli childhood, “Mivtza … more

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Forgive your political foes? Can they forgive you? As the year 5780 begins, political division is the predominant theme in both Israel and the United States. In Israel, two attempts to … more

Parshat Vayishlach begins with Yaakov’s worries over finally meeting Eisav after many years apart. And while that encounter goes surprisingly pareve-ly, his next significant stop, in Shechem, … more

On a chain-link fence that separates a construction project from Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, people have been pinning up homemade signs thanking the hospital’s workers. That fence … more

The treaty between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is a big deal. The agreement, announced Thursday in a joint statement from the White House and called the Abraham Accord, means that Israel … more

When I’m in Brooklyn, I turn to Syrian Jewish cooking from my Syrian Italian extended family. I love making their traditional favorites: yebra (stuffed grape leaves draped in a sweet-tart … more

Joe Biden filled the months before Inauguration Day lining up a slate of Cabinet secretaries, assistants and advisers, many of them Jewish. Biden’s choices reflect a diverse cross-section of … more

After COVID-19 vaccines started becoming available in New York and it quickly became apparent that securing a vaccine appointment presented a huge challenge, thew Young Israel of Oceanside and the … more

The first thing to be said about the “No Fear” rally against anti-Semitism held in front of the US Capitol in Washington on Sunday was that it was a noble effort. The … more