The recent and growing SAT cheating investigation by the Nassau County District Attorney, resulting in the arrests of several local high school students, has dominated the news and should be reason for society to take a collective pause. It should also be the impetus for us to redefine how we define and measure success. Within the affiliated Jewish community, shared values in the commitment to chesed is evidence that we already ‘get it.’
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By Karen C. Green
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12/1/11
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They raised questions, hypothesized, tested and made winning designs, earning prizes at the Yeshiva Science Olympiad on March 6. This year’s venue was Touro College’s Lander College for Men, welcoming students into its lab classrooms.
“It’s important for the Orthodox community to contribute to science for the betterment of the world. We welcome these talented young men and women on our campus,” said Dean Dr. Moshe Sokol.
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By Sergey Kadinsky
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3/10/11
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DRS senior Avi Moisa’s project, “Can Your Eyes Define You? A Correlation of Dissociative Capacity to Personality Traits and Learning Styles,” has been accepted for presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association this august in Washington, D.C.
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By The Jewish Star staff
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3/3/11
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Ask Yaakov Hawk, a sophomore at the Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys, about problems and he’ll give you some: local students are unable to fill their required school chesed …
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By The Jewish Star Staff
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12/2/10
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Issue of March 5, 2010/ 20 Adar 5770By Ben Pianko, Aryeh Fischer, Ari Adler and Ian Hawk
We got off the bus in Kansas City, Kansas; the sun was slowly setting on the day. Okay so maybe Kansas …
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3/3/10
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By Yaffi Spodek
Issue of June 19, 2009 / 27 Sivan 5769
In September, HALB’s Davis Renov Stahler High School for Boys (DRS) will launch Yeshivat Lev HaTorah, a new learning program for …
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6/17/09
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Protestors rally for Gilad Shalit
By Malka Eisenberg
Issue of June 5, 2009 / 13 Sivan 5769
Groups of yeshiva students joined close to 1,000 protesters on 42nd St. and Second Ave in Manhattan …
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6/3/09
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By Tova Ross
Issue of May 29, 2009 / 6 Sivan 5769
In many households the economic downturn has meant curtailing luxuries –– eating out, for instance –– or even downsizing a home, but …
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5/27/09
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A behind-the-scenes look at New York’s annual Salute to Israel
By Yaffi Spodek
Issue of May 22, 2009 / 28 Iyar 5769
Months of intensive planning are often required to organize a …
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5/19/09
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By Malka Eisenberg
Issue of May 8, 2009 / 14 Iyar 5769
Noam Shalit, father of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, spoke at a number of yeshiva high schools in the Five Towns and Brooklyn …
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5/6/09
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