Just hours before vote-counters determined that President Obama had beaten a Senate bid to reject the Iran nuclear agreement, New Yorkers rallied in front of the Midtown Manhattan offices of Senators … more

Just hours before vote-counters determined that opponents of the Iranian nuclear pact would fail to override a presidential veto should the Senate manage to vote against the deal later this month, New Yorkers rallied outside the Midtown Manhattan offices of Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer on Tuesday evening. more

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie toured Todd Kaminsky’s 20th Assembly District on Tuesday, posing with a group of Five Towns leaders in the headquarters of Achiezer, the community resource center … more

Before one of them get to face off against Republican Kate Murray for the Nassau County District Attorney seat, Democrats Madeline Singas and Michael Scotto have to face each other in a primary next … more

My favorite acronym, at least for this year, was coined by historian Ronald Radosh in his PJ Media column back in March. The initials are BDS — not “Boycott, Divestment and … more

During a intense, two-hour program, close to 100 lawyers absorbed potentially life-saving information at an Agudath Israel symposium entitled “Every Life is a Whole World,” on the … more

The Jewish Star is interviewing candidates for positions in its editorial, sales, production and distribution departments. Openings exist for work in the Five Towns, Queens and Long Island (based … more

The Menahel of HANC’s High School, Rabbi Shlomo Adelman, and his wife Chany, hosted the class of 2015 at their Woodmere home last month. Gatherings such as this give rabbeim and morot an … more

Collections, a new new language arts program, will be used by all students in the Middle School of the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County starting this fall. Newly developed to meet the increased … more

This fifth and final tribute to Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook, zt"l, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth, on the 16th of Ellul, was penned by my dear neighbor and friend, Rabbi Aryeh … more