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Crossing mountains and deserts requires resilience and teamwork, something that Israelis have as they manage the trauma of the ongoing war against Hamas. One form of healing is expressed through sports, in which more than 100 participants biked by the Dead Sea near Masada with the Geerz Israel Charity Ride. They covered 80 miles on their mountain bikes on March 23-25, raising funds for children and soldiers impacted by the war.

The political trend on Long Island has been favoring Republicans, who contributed to the national party’s majority in the House two years ago, and President Donald Trump’s popular vote last November.

History was made on the ice on Sunday night when the Jerusalem Capitals won in an overtime 7-6 tiebreaker against HC Tel Aviv at UBS Arena in Belmont Park, to the cheers of Israel supporters in the first-ever game of its kind for the Israel Elite Hockey League.

The hobby that spins yarns into scarves, hats, and sweaters has a community of devotees, for whom Forest Hills’ Rose Girone, 113, who died on Monday, February 24, of old age, was a legend. “She would drive in her little red convertible, she was in her late 80s,” said Dina Mor, owner of The Knitting Place in Port Washington on her podcast in 2021. “Then she celebrated her 90^th birthday and went on a cruise.”

The Kupferberg Center at Queens College was a scene for celebration on Sunday, March 2, as the Oorah organization held its Purim concert close to the homes of many families whose parents participate in the weekly Torah Mates learning on the phone, and children who attend Chill Zone events in the winter and Zone overnight camps in the summer. The event was headlined by renowned singer Avraham Fried with the New York Boys Choir as the opening act.

The heartbreak of Ariel, 4, and the nine-month-old Kfir Bibas brought back to their family in coffins, along with their mother Shiri, who was initially misidentified with a Gazan woman, was felt by all of Israel and its supporters worldwide. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered 14 state-operated sites to be lit in orange last Motza’ei Shabbos, the color of the boys’ hair in an expression of solidarity.