Anyone who has studied the concept of Teshuvah (Repentance) knows that there are two realms in which all of us need to improve: Between ourselves and our fellow Man, and between ourselves and G-d. more

Every year on Rosh Hashanah, we read of the expulsion of Yishmael (Avraham’s first son with his handmaiden Hagar), and the binding of Yitzchak (Isaac). Both are stories of the sons of Avraham, and both involved Abraham’s ability to be willing to sacrifice or let go, of a son. more

Perhaps one of the most storied family names in our community is that of Kamenetzky, and for this essay our focus is on Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky. more

As Rosh Hashanah approaches and the Jewish calendar turns to 5775, JNS.org takes a look at the biggest Jewish news stories from the past year. more

Nassau County police are intensifying their patrols around Jewish institutions for the upcoming Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur holidays. more

Fresh from his third trip to Israel, Republican Congressional candidate Bruce Blakeman this week reiterated his emphatic support for Israel’s communities in Judea and Samaria. “I … more

Actor Billy Crystal stood on the corner of Monroe Boulevard and East Chester Street in Long Beach, just a few blocks from where he grew up, and recalled playing ball as a boy along the Park Avenue … more

This Rosh Hashanah, 5775, will be different. It is a sabbatical year, a Shmita year. According to Jewish law, every seventh year the land in Israel must remain fallow. I don’t wish to get … more

Whither the Islamic State? That’s a real double-edged question: where is the group otherwise known as ISIS headed, and can the United States and other civilized nations make it shrivel up … more

Here’s the good news: the Obama administration has finally grasped that the onslaught of the Islamic State terror group through Iraq and Syria needs to be defeated and destroyed. more