Long Island’s first Jewish congregation was established in 1875 in Breslau, modern-day Lindenhurst, where the group purchased a half-acre of land in a cemetery. The Island’s first synagogue was built ...

A Long Island firefighter ran into a burning Chabad to save a sacred Sefer Torah from the flames on Wednesday — as members of the local Jewish community raced to the scene in prayer. Firefighter ...

The Long Island firefighter who saved a sacred Sefer Torah from a burning Chabad on Wednesday said he was no “super hero” and was just doing what he was trained to do. Firefighter Michael Farca, 54, ...

Firefighter Michael Farca braved heavy smoke and flames to rescue a Torah scroll from the burning Chabad of Greenvale synagogue, located in the basement of a multi-tenant building on Northern Blvd., ...

After spending more than 70 years hidden beneath a sofa, a Torah entrusted by a rabbi to his neighbor in Poland during the Holocaust is now making its way around the globe - and being restored letter ...