Before Shabbos, it’s time to whip and execute your most special hamantaschen recipes (or check TheJewishStar.com for a couple of unique ones). But you won’t be alone if you instead … more

Homemade Purim treats bring your celebration to a new level Now is the time that we share our happiness with our friends and family. Homemade gifts bring a special dimension to your mishloach … more

Parenting on Purim is always challenging, no matter what age your children are. When the kids are still in diapers, you discover that a baby Purim costume costs a fortune. When they’re … more

American Jewry is under assault. A wave of bomb threats called into Jewish community centers and schools, cemetery desecrations and vandalism aimed at other identifiable targets such as synagogues … more

The “fear itself” thing? FDR was on to something. The rash of JCC bomb threats and cemetery desecrations, combined with a general sense that the country is becoming more intolerant, … more

Ayman Odeh, extremist Arab Knesset member who endorses violence and has been condemned by the Likud and Labor parties alike, was cheered at J Street’s recent national conference.  Odeh, … more

The Yeshiva of South Shore celebrated 60 Years of Jewish education last Sunday night, with a banquet at the Sands Atlantic Beach. Attorney Ben Brafman, a prominent resident of the Five Towns, … more

RAANANA — Dan Shapiro can’t seem to leave Israel. Before stepping down as the U.S. ambassador to the country in January, he said he would stay long enough for his daughters to finish … more

Seventy Jewish National Fund supporters gathered at the home of Jodi and David Pollack in Woodmere last Sunday to support JNF’s Task Force on Disabilities.The event raised funds and awareness … more

The headstone of an American soldier killed in World War II was replaced with one bearing a Star of David, at a ceremony last week at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in … more