Before the campaign to portray Ari Roth as a martyr to freedom of artistic expression gains traction, let’s review: Roth was recently fired as artistic director of the District of … more

Double dating. Most of us have been there, done that, but I bet none of your stories are as humorous as that of my husband Jerry.   Let’s go back to the mid 1970s. Jerry and his … more

A major American book publisher, deluged with criticism for leaving Israel off a map in its Middle East Atlas, has apologized and withdrawn the book from circulation. You don’t … more

Less than three months ago, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry claimed that there was a link between Islamist terrorism and frustration over the Palestinian issue. Yet despite vigorous recent … more

How do you improve upon the CAHAL kindergarten program which has been successful beyond expectations and has been taught by a highly experienced, outstanding, dedicated, NYS certified special … more

The Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst last Shabbat hosted one of America’s leading interpreters of the Bible text and commentaries, Rabbi Hayyim Angel, who presented to over 700 … more

When Barack Obama began his first term as president six years ago, foreign policy chatter was prone to including terms like “regime change” and “axis of evil” in … more

In the wake of press coverage surrounding a free-speech controversy at Brandeis University, Brandeis President Frederick M. Lawrence, sent the following message to members of the Brandeis … more

Bess Myerson, the first Jewish Miss America and a New York political force until a series of scandals dubbed the “Bess Mess” forced her into obscurity, has died. She was … more

Radical Islam escalated its simmering war in Europe  on Wednesday. Masked gunmen screaming “Allahu akbar” stormed the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, … more