With the bodies of hostages set to return home, Jewish law raises complex questions—when to mourn, how to bury, and what to ...

Let the memory of Kfir and Ariel Bibas ignite a fire in our hearts—a fire that fuels our determination to protect, to unite, ...

My boy/girl twins celebrated their birthday on Wednesday, Feb. 19 by turning 13 years old. My husband and I look at each ...

Mr. Joseph Aronow, a pillar of Chabad of the Upper East Side, Manhattan, and supporter of many Jewish institutions, passed away on Monday, 19 Shevat, 5785.

Hamas has promised to release Israeli captives as part of the ceasefire deal. Here, we put faces to the names and tell their ...

Funeral services will be held at Westchester Jewish Center on Thursday, February 20 at 11am with a burial at Sharon Gardens. Shiva will be observed at Westchester Jewish Center on Thursday until ...

Marilyn Naron, a local author-illustrator and former pastry chef, will hold an art exhibition and discussion, “I Do Not Want Your Sympathy: Shiva, Snacks, and the Art of Remembering,” at the Lawrence ...

The schisms in Israeli society are an age-old dilemma. Whether it be political, societal or religious in nature, there is ...

Especially gut wrenching for so many of us is not only the brutal murders of Shiri and Yarden Bibas’s beautiful boys, Ariel ...