Issue of January 22, 2010/ 7 Shvat 5770 For a complete listing of upcoming community events, including items that didn’t make it into the print edition, go to www.thejewishstar.com. New York, NY … more

Issue of May 7, 2010/ 23 Iyar, 5770 Kulanu honored its founding families Sunday at a breakfast at its Central Ave. headquarters, the Kulanu Center for Special Services in Cedarhurst. Nearly 10 … more

From the other side of the bench by David Seidemann Issue of September 3, 2010/ 24 Elul 5770 There are certain periods of time that one can set their clock to. If you are a Yankee fan, … more

Some alarm clocks play Mozart. Others tune into news radio. Mine is the elaborate procession of Sfardic men dressed in sudras and turbans pounding calloused hands on bongos as they parade today’s … more

The Levites are consecrated, once and for all, in the opening passages of our parsha. Mazal tov! Hold your horses. Did you read what they have to go through to experience this monumental achievement? more

Rabbi Hanan Porat was just another face in a crowd, and then it lifted him above their shoulders, as they demonstrated in 1975 for the right to build Jewish housing beyond the Green Line. Through his efforts, there is Elon Moreh, Kedumim and Shavei Shomron. But those are just the early communities, founded through Gush Emunim, the “bloc of the faithful.” Today, a half million Jews live in these communities, including eastern Jerusalem. more

Last week, DRS Menahel Rabbi Kaminetsky, and Assistant Menahel Rabbi Storch traveled to Eretz Yisroel to visit over 100 DRS graduates who are studying for a year in Eretz Yisroel. On this annual trip, the DRS graduates enjoy spending time with their Rabbeim, continuing the strong Rebbe-Talmid relationships that DRS is so famous for. more

During the Holocaust, the Klausenberger Rebbe, Rabi Yekutiel Halberstam, passed through the gates of hell many times. In the Warsaw Ghetto, the work camps and death marches and the final unspeakable horror, Auschwitz, the Rebbe lost his wife and their 11 children in less than a year, yet never sat shiva, refusing to take the time to mourn for his own children, while so many thousands were being lost daily. more

Even before the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, other schools have taken steps to ensure the safety of their students. more

If I was to be confronted by a Charedi individual espousing an anti-Zionist world view, I would have plenty to say. Religious Zionist thought is firmly founded in sources ranging from the Bible, through Talmudic literature, to late authorities. However, in one important area I would be seriously challenged: Do we, in the Religious Zionist world, recognize Hashem`s great present to us and reflect that through constant efforts towards spiritual growth and commitment? more