It’s rare for an individual to be blessed with a “fresh start,” no less so for a community. That’s the enviable position residents of the 3rd Congressional … more

The air outside the entrance to the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center was filled with the sweet scent of freshly turned soil. Children and their families worked to carefully plant daffodil … more

An estimated 10,000 people filled four blocks of Central Park West, spilling into side streets, during a rally last Monday evening organized by UJA-Federation of New York to mark the sheloshim, 30 … more

Eisenhower Park in East Meadow was the scene of a Long Island Stands With Israel rally on Sunday. Three-thousand people packed Eisenhower’s Harry Chapin Theatre, holding Israeli flags and … more

There was a popular song in the 1940s called “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition.” It tells the story of a chaplain who is asked by a group of sailors under attack by enemy planes to … more

UJA-Federation of New York led a coalition of 28 metro area rabbis and other Jewish leaders to aid those impacted by the war with Hamas. The delegation landed in Israel on Monday and were … more

Boxes of letters covered a conference room table in the White House last Wednesday as 40 children from the Young Israel of Woodmere — the largest Young Island congregation in the United States … more