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Florida's new six-week abortion ban offers an exception up to 15 weeks for victims of rape, incest or human trafficking, but only if they offer a police report or doctor's note. Most victims, like Melissa Sullivan, do not report rape. If this law had been in place when she was raped, she writes, she would have been forced to birth her rapist's baby.

The six-week abortion ban’s ‘Rape note’ is Florida’s latest insult to survivors like me | Opinion

April 24, 2023 at 2:20 p.m.

Florida's new six-week abortion ban offers an exception up to 15 weeks for victims of rape, incest or human trafficking, but only if they offer a police report or doctor's...

Phyllis Glazer made aliyah from New York more than 40 years ago. Today she is one of Israel's culinary stars as a journalist, television personality and spokesperson.

Toast to Israel at 75: Vegetarian Shabbat dinner

April 24, 2023 at 2:32 p.m.

Phyllis Glazer made aliyah from New York more than 40 years ago. Today she is one of Israel's culinary stars as a journalist, television personality and spokesperson.

This week, our son will be traveling to Israel for the first time as part of his school's 8th-grade trip which also coincides with his bar mitzvah year. I too traveled to Israel when I was his age with my grandfather, a survivor of the Shoah, and my cousins. After the Holocaust, my grandparents built their lives in America, but they purchased an apartment in Netanya, a city in north-central Israel. They made this investment not only to spend time with their family and friends from the old country, but also to teach us a lesson: we may live in different places around the world, but Israel is our people's home.

Reflecting on 75 Years of Israel: Reaching maturity with wondrous eyes

April 24, 2023 at 2:15 p.m.

This week, our son will be traveling to Israel for the first time as part of his school's 8th-grade trip which also coincides with his bar mitzvah year. I too...

The author of "Stress Test: How Donald Trump Threatens American Democracy" writes that a six-year-old hush-money payment to a porn star is no basis for prosecuting Trump. It's Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election that truly deserve scrutiny.

Donald Trump should be prosecuted — in Georgia, not New York | Opinion

April 24, 2023 at 2:33 p.m.

The author of "Stress Test: How Donald Trump Threatens American Democracy" writes that a six-year-old hush-money payment to a porn star is no basis for prosecuting Trump. It's Trump's efforts...

Renowned Opera Singer and Master Chef Carlos De Antonis is set to return to the Friendship Circle Culinary Club Program on May 7, 2023 as the last guest chef for this season. He will be teaching and joining special needs friends and volunteers to make a classic, sumptuous appetizer: Bruschetta!Aside from being a chef, Chef Carlos is also a world class opera singer. He has done world tours for decades, performing in musicals like Dracula, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and as a tenor for the Concert Forum Berlin. Chef Carlos opened the Friendship Circle Culinary Club Program as its first guest chef last October, where he made delectable Thanksgiving treats with everyone. He was also very generous to share his magical voice and sing for everyone, making it an afternoon full of culinary fun and wonderful music!

Friendship Circle Culinary Club to host season finale event

April 24, 2023 at 2:47 p.m.

Renowned Opera Singer and Master Chef Carlos De Antonis is set to return to the Friendship Circle Culinary Club Program on May 7, 2023 as the last guest chef for...

Storyteller: The most important thing

April 24, 2023 at 2:48 p.m.

This delicious variant of a well-known Eastern European story comes from Happily Ever After: Folktales That Illuminate Marriage and Commitment, by Melissa Bunce. Here is my retelling.

Rabbi Avi Weiss' weekly Torah commentary on the Tazria-Metzora parsha.

Tazria-Metzora parsha: Speech fasting

April 24, 2023 at 2:52 p.m.

Rabbi Avi Weiss' weekly Torah commentary on the Tazria-Metzora parsha.

Weeks before Palestinian terrorists murdered her, 15-year-old Rina Dee was in a field in Moshav Bar Giora with other young volunteers on behalf of the HaShomer HaChadash movement, pruning vineyards to make room for seedlings.

HaShomer HaChadash mourns the loss of volunteer Rina Dee

April 24, 2023 at 2:49 p.m.

Weeks before Palestinian terrorists murdered her, 15-year-old Rina Dee was in a field in Moshav Bar Giora with other young volunteers on behalf of the HaShomer HaChadash movement, pruning vineyards...

It was the announcement the Israeli defense establishment had been waiting to make. On April 10, the country's Defense Ministry revealed that the "Ofek 13" spy satellite, launched on March 28, had successfully transmitted its first images.

Powerful new Israeli eye in space will keep tabs on Iran

April 24, 2023 at 3:21 p.m.

It was the announcement the Israeli defense establishment had been waiting to make. On April 10, the country's Defense Ministry revealed that the "Ofek 13" spy satellite, launched on March...

A new drone made by Israeli company HevenDrones could revolutionize defense and commercial drone uses.

Israeli hydrogen-powered drones could prove revolutionary

April 24, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.

A new drone made by Israeli company HevenDrones could revolutionize defense and commercial drone uses.

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