On Sept. 20, while American Jews were preparing for the Rosh Hashanah, Rasmea Yousef Odeh, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), arrived in Jordan after being tossed … more

It is difficult to look at the scandalous international response to the Kurdish independence referendum and not think, at the same time, of the betrayals endured by the Zionist movement in the … more

Representatives from Yeshiva University and the City of New York and other elected officials and guests formally cut the ribbon to open a newly renovated 20,000-square-foot, $3.6 million pedestrian … more

These children were wide-eyed and eager to explore the shofars that were brought to their classroom at the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach during the High Holy day period. At HALB, children from the … more

From left: Rachelli Klein of Lawrence, Hadassah Fertig of Woodmere, Shana Schapira of Brooklyn, and Hannah Zerbib of Lawrence, were among Midreshet Shalhevet students who, recognizing the importance … more

Have you heard of jackfruit yet? If it hasn’t come across your Facebook feed or email inbox yet, keep your eyes open because it is the newest trend in vegetarian meat … more

The rainbow bagel trend, admittedly, isn’t my favorite. Neon just isn’t that appetizing to me, and I’ve always been suspicious of too much food coloring. I do love colorful foods, … more

The holidays culminate next week with the joy of Simchat Torah. Before we settle down to the long year ahead and the approaching dark winter days, we celebrate with dancing and singing and, for … more

While the vast majority of Modern Orthodox Jews believe in G-d, send their kids to Jewish day schools, and make incomes well above the national average, they are less than unanimous in their views on whether women should be rabbis or synagogue presidents, more

Facebook CEO Marc Zuckerberg in a post-Yom Kippur message on his social network asked for forgiveness for the misuse of Facebook in the past year. He  posted  on his personal Facebook … more