A 31-year-old Israeli man who languished in a Kurdistan prison faced the ultimate sentence: death. Convicted of murder, his fate seemed sealed—until an extraordinary group of Jewish activists stepped in. Through tireless negotiations and...

Rabbi Yosef Hamra discusses his visit with Syrian President al-Sharaa It was a scene few could have imagined just a few years ago: former Syrian Rabbi Yosef Hamra blessing former rebel commander, now Syrian president,...

If you have walked into a new yeshivah building anywhere in America over the last few years, there’s a good chance you’ve already been inside one of Yudi (Jeff) Akerman’s projects without realizing it....

Back in the summer of 2020, in these pages, I criticized then-Fox News personality Tucker Carlson for his attack on Senator Tammy Duckworth. The senator had said that dealing with statues honoring Confederate leaders...

With ten locations, dozens of employees, and an ever-increasing product line, Nutrition by Tanya has grown into a household name. But few know the face behind the brand, the woman who wrote her own...

This Monday morning, I had the privilege of sitting down with Mayor Eric Adams at Gracie Mansion, his stately residence overlooking the East River in Manhattan’s Carl Schurz Park. Built in the 1790s, the...

Reflections on Zohran Mamdani’s victory with veteran Democratic political consultant Hank Sheinkopf.   Do you think that Mamdani’s election marks a turning point for New York, or is it just politics as usual? It’s absolutely a turning...

Harley Gold, the founder of Peakhill Capital, is a man who took his career and turned it into a vehicle to help the Jewish community. The commercial real estate asset manager provides financing structures...

“Some of the things Gaza needs: a government, security and tools to rebuild” proclaimed a recent NPR headline. “Worse than starting from scratch: How big is the task of rebuilding Gaza?” was a BBC header. Gaza...

Last Thursday, a crowd of hundreds of thousands of Jews turned out in Yerushalayim for an atzeres tefillah—and a de facto protest against the Israeli government’s actions to draft bachurim into the IDF and...