A Jewish history class on “Eretz Yisrael after the Churban” is being given by Rabbi Evan Hoffman each Tuesday evening at 8:15pm in the Young Israel of Woodmere. The Jewish people were … more

The Common Core, a state-led initiative originated by the National Governors Council, was created through close collaboration with teachers and educators and has been adopted on a voluntary basis by … more

Midreshet Shalhevet in North Woodmere participated in The Shabbos Project, the global initiative for all Jews to keep one Shabbos together. more

Brooklyn Heights Jewish Academy, a new co-educational Orthodox Jewish day school, plans to open its doors in September 2015, its executive director, Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin, accounced. Building off … more

Mel Brooks’ 1968 comedy “The Producers” dealt with an outrageous, fictitious Broadway musical called “Springtime for Hitler” that trivialized Nazism and became a … more

Nov. 24, 2014 is a looming deadline for Iran, Israel, the United States and the world over Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Under-Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, leading the negotiations, … more

It sometimes seems as if the see-saw debate about the true intentions of Mahmoud Abbas and his Palestinian Authority has been with us for an eternity. One day, we’ll be saying that Abbas is … more

Rabbi Menachem Recanati, the 13th century Italian commentator, quotes the Zohar in making what is seemingly a bizarre claim — that until Avraham was circumcised, he was never intimate with … more

Allah Hu Akbar [G-d is great].” These are the final words witnesses say the terrorist screamed before ramming his car into a crowd, killing three month old Chaya Zissel and wounding several … more

This week’s Torah reading Lech Lecha from the Book of Genesis contains the first divine commandment, Brit Milah, the Circumcision, that was mandated for observance exclusively to Jews. This … more