Crew on an easyJet flight have been forced to call police mid-flight after a group of Orthodox Jewish men refused to sit next to women on religious grounds.
This March, one of New York’s up-and-coming drag queens, Lady SinAGAGA, made her debut at Tina Burner’s Invasion, at the historic Stonewall Inn. She began the night in an elegant silk robe, then took it off to reveal a rather sexy bodysuit coupled with knee-high boots. The crowd cheered for her as she sang her…
DetailsNYACK – The Orthodox Jewish Congregation Yeshiva of Viznitz D’Khal Torath Chaim has been summoned to court for several building and code violations at the former Nyack College campus. The congregation purchased the former college on 107 acres for $45.5 million in 2020. The plans called for a school for 250 high school boys and…
DetailsWhen Peggy Nikolopoulos and her husband moved from Middletown into a new, four-bedroom, Colonial-style house in the Woodbury Junction development two years ago, she expected that to be their last stop: a dream home in a gated community where the couple could set down roots.
Orange County, NY – As Kiryas Joel continues to struggle with both growing pains and legal issues, nearby communities have found themselves becoming an attractive option for Chasidim who are looking to put down roots in locations that are close to an existing Jewish community and have adequate housing supplies.
Our thoughts turn somber as we count down the last few minutes until Tisha B’Av and with all of the deaths we have experienced in recent weeks, it isn’t all that difficult to feel the churban in our own generation.
DetailsRecently, questions about the Reform movement and its demand for full religious recognition (at the Western Wall, regarding access to state-funded ritual baths [mikva’ot] to perform conversions, and with regard to chaplaincy in the IDF) have resurfaced.
A recent tragic event in our community shines a spotlight on a crucial communal issue, that for too long has gone unaddressed.
Her name was Faygee. She was 20 years old and she had a smile that could light up a room.
Jonathan Pollard will be let out of jail after serving 30 years for spying on behalf of Israel, but he will still not be completely free – at least not while President Obama is in the White House.
