After three years of criticizing President Barack Obama’s anti-Israel policies, former Mayor Ed Koch has once again decided to be an advocate for Obama in the Jewish community–without any clear changes in Obama’s positions. more

A legacy that lives on is, to this writer, sure proof as to the legitimacy of that person’s faith and ideological message. more

On Wednesday, August 29, Nassau Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Goodstein issued a temporary restraining order to stay the eviction, scheduled to happen as early as 8/30, of Beit Shoshanim Torah Learning Center (TLC), from its premises at Congregation Shira Chadasha, 695 Middle Neck Road., in Great Neck. more

By and large, the tribe of Shimon does not fare well in the Biblical story. The second of Yaakov’s sons is completely bypassed for any leadership role. The Yalkut Shimoni notes (Shoftim 42) that the tribe of Shimon, “Never had a judge or a king, on account of the sin of Zimri.” more

Atlantic Beach resident Jodi Brodsky ran the Five Towns 5K this past Sunday, winning first place in her category just days after completing the Boston Marathon two minutes before a bomb exploded at the finish line. more

A good business transaction benefits all parties involved and that was an apparent in Cedarhurst for merchants and shoppers alike during the village’s Business Improvement District’s 25th annual summer sidewalk sale last week. more

A exhibit of local miracles —35 black and white portraits of members of the Chaverim Holocaust survivors group — was displayed during Chanukah at the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Five Towns. The headshots, titled “Dreams from Nightmares,” are the work of George Bargad Bogart, a New York photographer who comes from a family of many Holocaust survivors. more

Rambam hockey activity and HANC greets an author more

Last Sunday’s Achiezer Tribute Dinner gave over 1,000 people from all neighborhoods of the Far Rockaway/Bayswater and Five Towns community a chance to set aside shul affiliation, yarmulka type and personal interests, to join in support of one undisputed cohesive agent: chesed. more

The fight against diabetes comes to Jones beach on Sunday, Sept. 28, and Winthrop-University Hospital will be there. more