A chicken in every pot, getting up with the chickens, chicken out, running around like a chicken without its head and let’s not forget chicken soup! Chicken soup has been called the “Jewish penicillin.” The 12th-century Jewish physician, Rambam, started the chicken soup-as-medicine trend when, in his book, On the Cause of Symptoms, he recommended the broth of hens and other fowl to “neutralize body constitution.” more

Even as Israel experienced its heaviest snowfall in some areas in two decades this past Thursday, other areas are already seeing signs of spring, whose official date is the fifteenth day of the Hebrew month of Shevat or Tu B’shvat, this year on January 26th. Before that date, though, things are heating up in Israel in anticipation of elections to be held on January 22nd. more

The three plagues of Parshat Bo can be summarized in one word: Darkness. The locusts “covered the entire surface of the land, making the land dark.” (10:15) The plague of Darkness speaks for itself. And the Death of the Firstborn takes place around midnight (12:29), in the darkness of the shadows of the night. Death, as those of us who have experienced loss know, is the ultimate darkness. more

In 1975, little Avraham, the four-month-old son of Sarah Nachshon, died of SIDS. His mother decided that he would be buried in the ancient Jewish cemetery of Chevron; no Jews had been buried there since the 1929 pogroms, and it had been desecrated by the Arabs. more

My name is Masha Nockenofsky. I am 18 years old and I’m an autistic child. My youngest brother is the same thing, too. If you are all wondering why I’m so different from everybody else in the world, here’s how it all started. more

According to emails obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, a group of anti-Israel activists and journalists are engaged in a coordinated campaign to stifle criticism of controversial secretary of defense nominee Chuck Hagel by attacking the former Republican senator’s critics, according to emails obtained by the Free Beacon. more

The oldest resident of Long Island and possibly the oldest Jew in the world, celebrated her 112th birthday on Sunday at the Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. more

Belle Harbor was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy; the ocean thundered over the beach and through the streets, flooding homes and leaving behind destruction and devastation. One of the synagogues there is now padlocked and dark, its innards rent asunder, waiting for the funds to rebuild. more

“I’m in this to help the community--I care about where I live,” said Adam Haber, 47. The East Hills resident, who has served on the Roslyn School Board since 2009, has officially thrown his hat in the ring, announcing his candidacy for Nassau County Executive. more

A stitch in time saves nine, comedians like to keep their audiences in stitches and then there are just plain stitches…. My boys were seven and five years old and playing in the backyard on Shabbat afternoon, when my younger son came running in. “It’s not my fault,” Jeremy kept on repeating. “Daniel told me to throw the block of wood up to the bush so the ball would fall down, I didn’t know it would fall on his head.” more