By Roz Rothstein and Yitzhak Santis Malicious campaigns to intimidate Jewish and other pro-Israel students and faculty into silence are occurring on far too many North American college campuses. … more

While the debate over what Moshe’s father-in-law “heard” opens up the discussions on the first verse of the parsha, several verses later the Torah tells us “vayichad … more

This letter is in response to a cover story in The Jewish Star’s Jan 8 edition. I would like to clear up several inaccuracies regarding The Jewish Star’s front-page story, … more

With great interest last week, I followed the saga of the African-American boycotts of the Oscars. They aren’t totally wrong — after all, Will Smith, one of the biggest names in the … more

We are all still reeling from the news — a mother of six children who, despite heroically fighting back, was brutally butchered into submission amidst bloodcurdling screams and a pool of blood, … more

Another week, another litany of ugly incidents targeting Jews, along with expressions of concern about rising anti-Semitism around the globe, and even the odd solution offered up. But as … more

While not every observant Jew is a football fanatic, those who are will join one of America’s largest television audiences on Sunday, Feb. 7, to watch the Carolina Panthers face the Denver … more

On Rosh Chodesh Shevat, women who attended the Ohel Sara Amen Group in Lawrence enjoyed a lecture by the witty and informative Dr. Henry Abramson about the contribution of women to the Kabbalistic … more

The eyes of America are on Iowa as the state prepares to host the first-in-the-nation primary caucuses next Monday night. While Iowa is off the radar of most frum Jews, the Chabad Lubavitch emissary … more

For many of us when we read the word aggadah, we assume that the subject deals with legend. However, after you read the book under review this week, the very concept of aggadah will take on a new, … more