Long Beach community was spiritually uplifted by the visit of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer and his entourage of over 100 Chassidim over Shabbos Parshas VaYishlach. The Rebbe, who resides in Ashdod, is a … more

Responding to a dramatic decline in membership, the Conservative Jewish movement’s congregational arm has hired the Good Omen PR agency to survey hundreds of its members and “develop a … 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

T he sacred ritual of Birkat HaMazon, benching, the Grace After Meals, is the subject of a new volume entitled, “Birkon Mesorat Harav” (OU Press, Koren Publishers). It centers the … more

The Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy/Yeshiva University High School for Boys (YUHSB) and the Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High School for Girls (YUHSG) will honor Silvia and Abraham Borenstein of … more

A significant number of pasukim in our parasha of Tetzaveh and in Parashat Pekudei are devoted to the design and creation of the bigdei kahuna (garments of the Kohanim). Moreover, no less than … more

South Nassau Communities Hospital’s Board of Directors voted last Friday to enter a period of exclusive negotiations with the Mount Sinai Health System as part of a long-term … more

I think we can all agree that shakshuka is probably one of the greatest dishes ever created. It’s easy, simple and you can usually make it from stuff you already have in the house: canned … more

JERUSALEM — Hadas was just 11 when her mother began to suffer from postpartum depression so severe it rendered her incapable of caring for herself or her children. Her father and an older … more

Avraham Yago, a married father of five who works as a linguistics professor at the University of Abidjan in the West African nation of Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), has visited Israel four times … more