BRACH'S on Thursday night was eerily quiet. SHOPPERS NOTE: The store is relatively well-stocked and still FULLY in business. Vendors who run the specialty counters all need our support (the baked … more

The closing of Brach's Supermarket after Pesach will not signal the end of kosher shopping at its Lawrence location. A Brooklyn discount kosher grocer — KRM / Moisha's — will pick up where Brach's left off, sources told The Jewish Star. more

The U.S. presidential race has been high on twists, but the topsy-turvy journey might just be getting started. As voters prepared to cast their first ballots in Iowa and New Hampshire, former New … more

Our parasha contains two pasukim that reiterate the prohibition of avodah zarah (idol worship) and its practices, the commandment to completely destroy all monuments associated with idol worship … more

After her blatant anti-Semitism was exposed to the world, Helen Thomas became persona non grata in much of the Jewish community, so much so that when she passed away, some Facebook feeds were lit up … more

North America’s largest Jewish book sale, the Yeshiva University Seforim Sale, will be staged Feb. 7–28 in Belfer Hall, 2495 Amsterdam Ave., on YU’s Wilf Campus in Manhattan. Last … more

As revelations about Hillary Clinton’s emails and her reckless oversight of American secrets in her possession raises the question of whether there is a “perp walk” in her future. … more

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital has announced the appointment of a new chief operating officer. Christopher J. Parker arrives from Shore Regional Health of the University of Maryland, where he … more

Yeshiva University’s Student Medical Ethics Society (MES) will partner with JScreen, a university-based nonprofit program specializing in carrier screening for genetic diseases common in the … more

It was a brave—some may argue foolhardy—lot who confronted the Negev desert’s August heat to walk a short segment of the Israel National Trail (INT) at around noontime. But the … more