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By Michele Justic A petite young woman begins, “I live on a ship.” The video reveals the full picture. IDF Sgt. Shachar  intercepted drones heading for the Karish gas field...

By Larry Gordon When you drive down Rockaway Turnpike, either on the way home or to visit friends or family, most of the time you will come to a stop...

Yoram Roschwalb wants to give your ninth grader the summer of a lifetime. Since we had the pleasure of introducing you to him in this column last September, the...

By Larry Gordon Two innovative, creative, and hardworking young men showed up about 15 years ago in the Five Towns, where some of their family members reside. These young guys...

Ezra Academy: A Weekend Of Chizuk In Queens As the Yamim Noraim approach, the Queens students and alumni of Ezra Academy were treated to a special weekend of chizuk with...

By Boruch Ber Bender There are times in life when one needs to pause and reflect for just a few moments to recognize something dramatic. Something extraordinary. Something heartbreaking. The loss...

By Reuben M. Gampel After all the discussion and planning with my parents, family, rebbes, and friends, Rosh Chodesh Elul finally arrived, and I am at Yeshivat HaKotel in the...

Boasting a near 100% admissions rate to medical school, a long-standing affiliation with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and cutting-edge scholarship programs, Yeshiva University continues to produce the...

Cross River Bank has donated $5 million to dedicate the new Touro University campus being built at 3 Times Square, Touro President Dr. Alan Kadish announced. Touro is naming the...

In response to extraordinary traffic congestion and reports that Rockaway Turnpike is down to one lane of traffic, Assemblyman Ari Brown (R-Cedarhurst) is continuing to hold the New York...