EDITOR’S NOTE: What follows is the full text of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s speech on March 14, as released by his office. Schumer’s most explosive expression … more

With Purim approaching, we thought it might be helpful to consider the importance of speaking with your children about drinking. It’s an unpleasant topic, one that we parents might want to … more

Collisions are often unintentional. Bumping into someone as you walk down a busy thoroughfare with one eye on your cell phone or scraping a parked car as you reverse along a narrow street are … more

The media decided to defend Sen. Schumer’s attack on Israel — in which he calls to spare Hamas and create a terrorist state — by rushing out his “rabbi,” Rachel Timoner, … more

Whenever I speak to Israelis, whether from the left or right, I hear the same refrain: Israel’s war in Gaza is against a vicious terror army that represents an existential threat; a terror army … more

Once upon a time, Achashverosh, the King of Persia, had his wife Vashti killed for failing to attend a banquet. Then he chose a beautiful Jewish woman named Esther to be his new Queen. He also … more

Theodor Adorno, the German philosopher of Jewish descent, famously called poetry after Auschwitz “barbaric.” Experts told JNS that there’s still room for humor in a post-Oct. 7 … more

Every ending is a new beginning. When we conclude each of the five books of the Torah (as we did last week) the reader leads the congregation in the refrain “chazak chazak … more

Religious women living on the frontlines in Judea and Samaria are taking up arms to defend their homes, particularly after the Oct. 7 massacre. Srugim, a news site catering to the religious … more

Twenty inspired women from Great Neck recently partnered to create a moving bat mitzvah party in Jerusalem for 22 girls, all victims of terror. The story began with survivors of the Oct. 7 Nova … more