Making aliyah can be tough, but getting a date once you’re in Israel may not be. … more

Tryouts this Sunday for competitive team By Malka Eisenberg Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 Black Belt Alex Sternberg is coming to the Jewish Community Center of the Greater … more

Parlor meetings a success in Woodmere and Cedarhurst By Mayer Fertig Two local businesses are encouraging customers to help support Hatzalah of the Rockaways and Nassau County. The … more

By Michael Orbach Issue of August 28, 2009 / 8 Elul 5769 Long Island NCSY will be merging with New York NCSY to form one New York Region that will include Long Island, Westchester and the … more

By The Jewish Star staff Issue of August 21, 2009 / 1 Elul 5769 The Orthodox Union and Agudath Israel have submitted a ‘friend of the court’ brief to the New York State Appellate Division … more

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky greeted 238 new immigrants from the US and Canada — including families from Far … more

By the end of the week Aliza and Yossi Battat expect to be living in a Petach Tivka apartment next door to Yossi’s brother. The Battat’s, now former Cedarhurst residents, are among a number of local families that are moving to Israel … more

By Yaffi Spodek Special to the web / Posted May 20, 2009 / Iyar 27 5769 A girl has been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, at the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls … more

No book so completely unites the dispersed people of Israel. If any single volume can tell us what it means to be a Jew, it is the Siddur which embodies the visions and aspirations, the sorrows and joys of many generations … more

Gaash flew to Israel with a Nefesh B’Nefesh group of 37 olim last Tuesday, who traveled on a regular El-Al flight from Newark International Airport. Gaash hopes to transplant his life from America to an Israeli setting. … more