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Reactions from advocates for the Orthodox community to New York State’s rescinding of the religious exemption for vaccination The measles outbreak has placed representatives for Orthodox Jews in America in…
An Interview With Imam Mohamad Tawhidi The flowing robe, turban, and thick dark beard of Imam Mohamad Tawhidi recall the ayatollahs he studied under in Iran, his birthplace. Although he…
Some 450 young Jewish families have recently moved to the borough of Staten Island — most from Boro Park, but others from Williamsburg, New Square and elsewhere, including Chassidei Ger,…
An Orthodox family is fighting for the life of their disabled sister in Canadian courts, to reverse a decision by doctors and a government board to cut off life-sustaining care.…
By Avraham Y. Heschel Rabbi Alexander Hool was raised in a small Jewish community in northwest London in the suburb of Kingsbury, where his father served as the Rav.…
By M. Dohan In late January 2018, a group of white men armed with assault rifles and other weapons, dressed in camouflage pants, skull masks and black T-shirts emblazoned with Nazi…
She had beady eyes and, when asked which particular subset of Jews she tries most to attract away from the faith of their fathers, she glanced quickly to the left…
Entering the offices of Proskauer Rose LLP in Newark, N.J., I am greeted personally by David Grunblatt, co-head of the Immigration and Nationality Group in the Labor and Employment Law…
From his office high atop Jay Street in Brooklyn’s judicial center, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez sees the many people coming to and from the courthouses: the crime victims seeking…
ON THE AGENDA: Middle East Plan, Iran, Hamas The Trump administration announced plans to roll out the first stage of the Middle East peace plan at the upcoming economic…
A recent anti-vaccination rally attended by hundreds of members of the Jewish community elicited strong reaction from both sides of the vaccination debate, as well as extensive coverage by secular…
In exclusive conversations, two leading Roshei Yeshivah, shlita, Harav Elya Brudny, Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Mir in Brooklyn and Harav Aharon Dovid Goldberg, Rosh Yeshivah of Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland,…
The quiet of a rare family dinner was shattered by the shrill ringing of the telephone. Noticing an odd number on the caller ID, we chose not interrupt our meal.…
The Landsman Family Fights for a Cure for Their Sons With Canavan Disease For Gary and Jennie Landsman, their marriage in May of 2015 was a second chance, an opportunity…
Brain researchers warn that lack of sleep is a public-health crisis (The Washington Post) – In rhe screen-lit bustle of modern life, sleep is expendable. There are work emails…
They moved to make way for California’s high-speed rail. Now they wonder: Was it for nothing? (The Fresno Bee/TNS) – For more than five years, California’s high-speed rail project has…
A Perspective on Today’s Parnassah Challenges The challenges of parnassah among Jewish communities have evolved over time, but the injunction of “B’ze’as apecha tochal lechem” has remained unchanged since…
In her heroic effort to help her husband lead as normal a life as possible with ALS, Mrs. Rachel Miller of Ramot has seen the Hand of Hashem at every…
To live as a Jew in South Africa under apartheid was to live under a dark cloud. To live in a country where the desecration of the basic principle of…
In Tammuz, 5734, a special neshamah entered this world, and just 39 years later he was brutally taken from us. For the past five years, we have followed the heart-rending…