With most people getting a day off work for secular New Year’s day on Friday, Far Rockaway’s White Shul is silver-plating an opportunity to put some of that time to good use. A Yom … more

Rabbi Berel Wein and criminal defense attorney Benjamin Brafman agreed in a conversation on Sunday that Jews should be less judgemental of each other. “The Chofetz Chaim was right,” … more

Following an incident in the Chabad Center of the Five Towns during kiddush last Shabbos, which led to one man’s arrest, Rabbi Zalman Wolowik communicated with his congregants about its … more

With the start of summer, these words from Rabbi Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere, published in each of the last two years by The Jewish Star, merit repeating. Rabbi has urged that his … more

The Jewish Star’s Kosher Kibitzer presents “a risotto that raises questions” and asks, in relation to Sen. Joe Lieberman, “Can a Jew be the next … more

Rabbis Kenneth Hain of Congregation Beth Shalom in Lawrence and Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere want 1,000 Five Towners at #AIPAC's March conference in Washington. Watch the video. more

Chabad of the Five Towns staged its annual welcome back barbecue on Labor Day. more

We are, as always, together with them in tefilla and tears, bi'lev vi'nefesh, during this "eis tzara li'Yisroel," and must do our part from a distance to beseech HaKB"H for a full-fledged yeshua bi'karov, a quick end to the missile bombardment and the current crisis in the holiest of all lands, Artzeinu Ha'Kedosha. more

The Friendship Circle, a local organization that pairs members of the Five Towns community with children with special needs, held an event at the Jean Fischman Chabad Center to honor and award volunteers on May 28. more

Close to a 100 women heard health professionals, rabbanim and yoatzot halacha (Jewish legal advisers), discuss the overlap and symbiosis between issues of women’s health and halacha (Jewish law), in a day-long seminar at the Young Israel of Woodmere. more