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Rain Fog/Mist Please, Mr. President, don’t repeat Obama’s failed ‘peace process’
Past American administrations invested so heavily in fruitless attempts to facilitate Arab-Israel negotiations that American envoys came to be known as “peace processors” — that …
poland
Shoah clash cools Israel-Poland ties
It was meant to be a diplomatic triumph for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: a much-touted diplomatic summit in Jerusalem on Monday with four Central European …
poland
Polish diplomats used passports to rescue Jews
Growing up, Heidi Fishman knew that she was alive thanks to her grandfather’s Paraguayan passport. A Jewish author from Vermont, she was told as a little girl that Heinz …
far east
Korea’s first mikvah features Asian aesthetics
Binah Messinger was faced with a unique challenge when her husband, Capt. Joseph Messinger, a US Army chaplain, was stationed in South Korea. With no mikvah on the Korean peninsula, observing the …
entertainment
Israel’s pick for Eurovision: Kobi Marimi
Kobi Marimi, who mixes pop and opera, will represent Israel at Eurovision. Marimi on Tuesday won the Israeli reality show “Kochav Habah” with performances of Bon Jovi and Beatles …
schools
HAFTR goes pink to support Sharsheret
HAFTR middle and high school students joined Sharsheret last Wednesday for the school’s annual Pink Day to support breast cancer awareness and raise money for this important organization. In …
europe
In Brussels, once vibrant shuls are dying or sold
Growing up, Joel Rubinfeld went with his parents to their downtown shul. The sermons were OK, he said, but the real clincher was the full-size ping-pong table at the Sephardic …
bds
‘Killing fields’ of social media’ are blamed for rising anti-Semitism
JERUSALEM — Social media are spreading anti-Semitism, Jewish Agency chief Isaac Herzog told American Jewish leaders meeting here, and are “a hotbed of the lunatics of the …
opinion
How Palestinians made Labor Zionism irrelevant
Elections in Israel are less than two months away, and so far the campaign has been dominated by two main stories. One is speculation about whether Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit …
latin america
As Venezuela collapses, Jews watch and wait
The economic and political unrest in Venezuela has left the country’s Jewish community in a “wait and see” mode, as residents hope for an end to the political crisis that will …
far east
Korea’s first mikvah features Asian aesthetics
Binah Messinger was faced with a unique challenge when her husband, Capt. Joseph Messinger, a US Army chaplain, was stationed in South Korea. With no mikvah on the Korean peninsula, observing the …
kosher kitchen
Hadassah ladies saved the Bundt. Let’s eat cake!
The history of Jews and cake is a long one. Jews made sweet pastries as far back as is traceable. Coffee cakes, sponge cakes for Pesach, tarts and tortes have been part of the Jewish menu for …
hate
Detroit imam: Jews crucified, massed gold, ran brothels in Europe
Michigan-based Shi’ite Imam Bassem Al-Sheraa says in a lecture uploaded to the YouTube channel of the Al-Zahraa Islamic Center in Detroit on Jan. 27 that the Jews have distorted sacred texts …
buzz
‘Agricultural terror’ KOs Israeli beekeepers
Vandalism and theft continue to plague Israeli farmers. Two weeks ago, beekeeper Yinon Arkin discovered that 20 of his hives had been destroyed three months before the honey was collected. The damage …
opinion
Terror victim recalled, thanks to killers’ friends
Like most victims of Palestinian Arab terrorism, Avraham Bromberg would have been completely forgotten — if not for the persistence of the murderers’ many admirers and financial …
five towns
Scouts meet firefighters, Hatzalah team in Woodmere
Cub Scout Pack 1818, the only shomer Shabbos and kosher Cub Scout pack in the Long Island area, chartered by the Marion and Aaron Gural JCC, had the opportunity to hear from their community’s …
food
Persian-inspired stuffed peppers make cozy meal
I love finding the commonalities among different global cuisines, and it seems that every culture has its own version of stuffed vegetables. Each tradition has variations of spices and stuffings, but …
This week in Torah
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It’s hard to let go of our idols
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We can’t wash our hands of this
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Uniqueness of Moshe
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Golden Calf: Truth or consequences
A stiff-necked people
It is a moment of the highest drama. In Ki Tisa, the Israelites, forty days after the greatest revelation in history, have made an idol. G-d threatens to destroy them. Moshe, exemplifying the …
Kosher Bookworm
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A taste of Purim from Rabbi Fohrman
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The legacy of Moshe Arens
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The legacy of Rabbi Berel Wein
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A tribute to Rabbi Yecheskel Kaminsky, zt”l
Unmasking the hidden story of Queen Esther
Perhaps among one of the greatest Jewish theologians in the United States today is Rabbi David Fohrman of Woodmere. His writings about the story of Purim will be the main focus of this week’s …
Who's in the Kitchen
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Mushrooms in the kitchen: They grow on you
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Scones that are fit for a Queen
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Judy and Jerry join the circus
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Wowing your dinner guests right from the start
Working up to working out
The time had finally come. There was no putting it off anymore. It was time to start some sort of exercise routine. I thought back to years ago when, with the help of my friend Carol Grob, I had …
Kosher Kitchen
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Chocolate for my February birthday
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How to weather your winter simcha
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Healthy chia recipes that go beyond pets
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Shabbat dinner: Both traditional and evolving
Hadassah ladies saved the Bundt. Let’s eat cake!
The history of Jews and cake is a long one. Jews made sweet pastries as far back as is traceable. Coffee cakes, sponge cakes for Pesach, tarts and tortes have been part of the Jewish menu for …
View from Central Park
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Shalva Band touches the stars, only not on Shabbos
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Short stories, big inspirations
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Is the baby crying inside?
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The miracle in the mourning
Creating a world of peace for Ori
The murder of Ori Ansbacher — raped, tortured, mutilated and left in a Jerusalem forest — was so barbaric it almost echoed the story of the concubine in the Book of Judges. Ori means …
Viewpoint
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Whether or not you are ‘visibly’ Jewish, they’re coming to get you
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Behind Europe’s anti-Semitism ‘perception gap’
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Know the enemy: Corbyn Brexit test
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Don’t forget Venezuela
Little new in Omar’s anti-Jew tropes
When the late German writer Günter Grass decided seven years ago to denounce Israel as the greatest threat to the planet’s existence, he chose the medium of poetry to do so. Starting …
Politics to Go
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Zeldin-Omar feud: It’s more than BDS
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‘Never forget’ is being forgotten
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Despite sunlight, Women’s March still anti-Semitic
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Omar on Jews and ‘the Benjamins’: Please don’t say I didn’t warn you
The hatred spewed by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has gone from bad to worse. In a Sunday evening Twitter rant, she suggested that Republicans support Israel because rich Jews bribe GOP members of …