On Sunday, the Young Israel of Woodmere will showcase a color that was largely forgotten but now represents a living mitzvah. Sunday’s yom iyun (day of study) marks a quarter century since … more

The parents of IDF Sgt. Ari Weiss bridged the mourning of Yom Ha’Zikaron and the joy of Yom Ha’Atzmaut last week as they spoke to a hushed crowd at a Five Towns commemoration of both … more

Once again, we remember, never to forget. Members of 24 shuls in the Five Towns-Far Rockaway area came together as one last Wednesday night for the community’s annual Yom Ha’Shoah … more

Congregation Beth Shalom in Lawrence sent a sizeable delegation to the AIPAC Public Policy Conference in Washington last week. more

More than 18,000 people attended last week’s public policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, including 105 members of the Young Israel of … more

The Spinka Rebbe of Yerushalayim, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchok Kahana shlita, is pictured making havdalah in the Cedarhurst home of Avi and Sherry Ackerman, where he stayed recently while meeting with … more

HaRav Shimshon Katz is leaving the Shomrei Shabbos Shul in Far Rockaway after nearly 33 years. Rabbi Katz remains the Puppa rosh yeshiva in Williamsburg. more

The Young Israel of Woodmere Sisterhood hosted cookbook author Susie Fishbein on March 2. Fishbein entertained with a cooking demonstration and three-course tasting of recipes from her new book, … more

To the 150 or so Jewish households on Galveston Island in Texas, Congregation Beth Jacob is akin to a national treasure.  “We are our building, our building is us,” says Gary … more

The Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst (YILC), a synagogue that sits at the corner of West Broadway and Spruce Street in Cedarhurst, wants to install protective bollards, rigid pole-like structures, … more