Snow from recent storms melted and combined with high tides to create severe flooding in the low-lying areas of the Five Towns last week, leaving local leaders hoping government agencies could help …
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By Vanessa Parker
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2/17/16
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah appeared upset with reports that Sunni Arab leaders are increasingly viewing Israel as an ally in the fight against Iran.
In a speech broadcasted on …
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JNS.org
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2/17/16
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Wen the Pew Research Center published its much-discussed survey of American Jews in 2013, the findings seemed auspicious for the Orthodox denomination. Orthodox Jews have a much younger population …
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By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman
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2/17/16
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During a speech at a Mount Vernon shul reported in last week’s Jewish Star, former Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman tried to reassure the Jewish community about Hillary Clinton’s Israel …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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2/17/16
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Israeli Immigrant Absorption Minister Zeev Elkin, who accompanied Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a trip to Berlin on Monday, was scheduled to meet with German interior minister Thomas …
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Israel Hayom via JNS.org
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2/17/16
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My passion for speaking Spanish, watching Flamenco, drinking Rioja, admiring artwork, walking a labyrinth of narrow streets, and inhaling the scent of orange blossoms intensifies on every visit to …
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By Irvina Lew
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2/17/16
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Voters in the Five Towns, Long Beach and surrounding South Shore communities will elect a new state senator on April 19 and in doing so may determine if Republicans continue their tenuous grip on the …
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The Jewish Star
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2/17/16
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Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky promised this week that on his first day in office he would put forward legislation to ban outside income for Albany representatives.
Standing in front of the former …
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Reported by Alex Costello
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2/17/16
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Eighth grade girls from various incoming schools took part in the annual “Day in the Life at HANC High School” last Thursday, providing our applicants with the unique opportunity to see …
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2/17/16
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Students of Shulamith School for Girls had the time of their lives last week, as they engaged in some serious hands-on learning!
Under the guidance of Steven Frankel, of Hamidrasha …
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2/17/16
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