I can still see the terrified look on his face as we both realized, in the same moment, that we had been set up. more

Just as World War I didn’t prove to be “the war to end all wars,” the 20th century didn’t turn out to be when the nearly unimaginable brutality and indescribable evil represented by German dictator Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime was definitively laid to rest. The evil is back. Big-time. more

Strolling through Jerusalem’s historic Yemin Moshe quarter on a pleasant August morning, my ears caught a ringing, melodic sound emanating from within the walls of the Old City, perhaps half a mile from where I stood. more

They quietly and matter-of-factly describe the fierce battles that led to their injuries, but their eyes relive the events and the pain at the injuries and deaths of their fellow soldiers, their brothers. Yet they are determined in what they have to do, wanting to recover and return to their duties, although some, due to injuries, will not. more

“It seems like the right thing to do, especially now,” said Natasha Kaplan-Marans, of Lawrence, smiling beside her parents and sister as she prepared to embark from JFK on her enlistment to the IDF last week. more

Beginning at HAFTR in Lawrence, 55 participants raced 1K on Aug. 14 to raise money for the Friends of Israel Defense Forces. more

A Long Island flight club will fly Israel’s colors this Sunday. At 10 am, 13 planes associated with the Israeli New York Flight Club, plan to take off from Republic Airport in Farmingdale and fly along Long Island’s South Shore, over Brooklyn beaches, along Manhattan’s West Side, and on to New Jersey. more

New York’s top elected officials visited Israel last week to stand in solidarity with the Jewish state in its conflict with Hamas. more

An immense crowd of men, women and children gathered at Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway on Tisha B’Av for a special Kinos program produced by the Yeshiva in conjunction with the Achiezer Community Resource Center. more

Following Israel’s military withdrawal from Gaza, foreign journalists who have left the area are reporting on Hamas tactics they could not reveal while stationed there. more