Israel is seeing a spike in aliyah, with more people interested in moving to the Jewish state compared to previous years. But with COVID-19 wreaking havoc across the world, it has become … more

Newly-founded young leaders group responding to the call By Mayer Fertig Many Jewish organizations have found themselves in need of financial rescue this year; more than a few have cast their … more

More than 18,000 people attended last week’s public policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, including 105 members of the Young Israel of … more

I am grateful to Hashem for the privilege of editing The Jewish Star for communities filled with exceptional people who are devoted to the entirety of klal Yisroel, where the community norm is for … more

Deborah S. Isaac of New Rochelle was  elected president of the American Zionist Movement, a federation of 39 US Zionist organizations, at AZM’s Biennial National Assembly held virtually on … more

Included in the New York State budget for the coming fiscal year, finalized on Friday in Albany, were allocations of $72.5 million in additional funding for nonpublic schools across the … more

Long Island’s newest mikvah was dedicated at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sunday. Now, all that stands between it and its furthance of tahara mishpacha is a small amount of additional … more

POWAY, California (JTA) — Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in the attack at a Chabad synagogue near San Diego, is credited with jumping in front of the synagogue’s rabbi to shield him … more

A decade after the Bernie Madoff debacle — one so serious that Hadassah officials refuse to even utter the Ponzi schemer’s name — the women’s Zionist organization is … more

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