Kaminsky Inducts Woodmere Resident Into Veterans’ Hall of Fame
Senator Todd Kaminsky inducted WWII veteran and Woodmere resident Max Marcus, Petty Officer, Third Class into the New York State Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame on Wednesday, recognizing him...
Jewish Dating Site Puts Mom in the Driver’s Seat
On a visit home to Fort Lauderdale back in 2013, Jeffrey Kaplan and his then-girlfriend watched as Kaplan’s mother pulled out her computer to show them the fake JDate...
Lithuania Mints Commemorative Coin for Vilna Gaon’s Birthday
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
(JTA) — The Bank of Lithuania minted the first euro piece of currency containing Hebrew letters.
The 10-euro coin was minted on Tuesday and is a limited-edition commemorative collector’s...
Jewish Poet Louise Gluck Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
BY GABE FRIEDMAN
(JTA) — Louise Gluck, the American granddaughter of Hungarian Jews, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.
Gluck, 77, was awarded “for her unmistakable poetic voice that...
Jewish Scientist 1 of 3 to Win Nobel for Finding Hep C Virus
(JTA) — The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to three scientists who identified the hepatitis C virus, including Harvey Alter, a Jewish researcher at the National Institutes of...
1,000 Attend Yom Kippur Service at N.J. Minor League Ballpark
BY MARCY OSTER
(JTA) — A minor league ballpark in New Jersey was transformed into a large synagogue for Yom Kippur.
About 1,000 congregants from Temple Har Shalom, a Reform congregation in...
Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
BY MARCY OSTER
(JTA) — President Donald Trump was nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for brokering the normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a lawmaker...
Bagel Store: We’ve Got a New Podcast
So far, over the last two weeks, over 25,000 people have downloaded a new podcast that we introduced by the moniker “Father Daughter.”
If you haven’t seen it yet, it...
The Rooster, Redemption, And The Sea
By Toby Klein Greenwald
This column was originally written in July 2004, one year before the destruction of Gush Katif. Today my daughter’s family lives in Shomria, where the community...
Eli Levin Launches Album Titled ‘Hear My Prayer’
By Tammy Mark
Singer Eli Levin made a splash last week with the release of his debut album. The 36-year-old singer celebrated his birthday and his new album, Hear My...
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County Executive Bruce Blakeman Launches Re-Election Campaign in Massapequa
By Moshe Hill
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, among the highest-ranking Jewish Republicans in America and the first Jewish Executive in the county’s history, kicked...
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Restoring Moral Clarity Once Again
The great construction project began. A newly freed nation, emerging from generations of slavery, was now entrusted with the most epic and ambitious building...