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BY MARCY OSTER (JTA) — Ivy Barsky has resigned as the chief executive of the financially struggling National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. During her term, the $150 million...

BY MARCY OSTER JERUSALEM (JTA) — A program bringing adult Jewish women to Israel celebrated its 10th anniversary here at an event that included 500 participants from nine countries. Momentum, formerly known...

Israel is the fastest rising opioid medication user in the developed world, according to a new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report. According to the report, which was released...

  Situated in the heart of the community, 15 minutes from the Five Towns, Hunki’s of West Hempstead is a time-honored tradition with a young, fresh new image. Featuring a...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk died on just 10 days before his 104th birthday. His literary agent, Amy Rennert, said he died in his sleep at his home in Palm...

  My father passed away last Thursday morning at the age of 91. The following is the eulogy I delivered for my father last Thursday. Parkinson’s is a cruel disease. It...

By Rhonda Goldstein Shira was trapped in an Arab village for over 20 years, starting from the age of 16. Now she is free and telling her story for the...

  By Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD The community held a successful measles educational and titer-testing day on Sunday, May 12, at the Young Israel of Woodmere. This event was cosponsored...

By Marcy Behrmann Farrell The New York City Department of Health has rescinded its closure order for Yeshiva of Central Queens. The yeshiva will be allowed to open Thursday morning. "We’re...

By Mindi Werblowsky Saketkhou, LMSW Clinical Director, Madraigos I once heard a quote, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree … except when there is a storm outside.” This seems...