The Hebrew Academy of Nassau County is proud to announce the selection of the 2014 Valedictorian and Salutatorians. more

Valedictorian Tzadok Zachariah Hartman of Lawrence plans to study Actuarial Science at Baruch Macaulay. more

North Shore Hebrew Academy Valedictorian Emma Oberstein of Great Neck will major in Chemistry at Dartmouth University. more

Valedictorian Yitzie Scheinman is respected by his peers and the DRS staff for his hard work, intelligence and dedication. more

Valedictorian Yocheved Gourarie of Brooklyn will be taking a gap year next year before continuing on to Macaulay Honors at Brooklyn College. more

Valedictorian Chaya Wertman spent the summer after 11th grade as an intern in the Einstein School of Medicine researching autism and longevity. more

They are three boys — our sons, our brothers. They give back to their communities, work with kids, are good students, enjoy music and sports. They were heading home for Shabbat from school, two of them left school earlier to study for tests. They were going home, but instead they were kidnapped. And now — where are they? What is happening to them? Who could steal three innocent young kids? more

Kozhnitzer Maggid was known to be a pursuer of peace. It happened that a terrible fight broke out amongst the Jews living in a city close to Kozhnitz, which caused some kind of “breakaway” in the community. more

This has been a difficult week. Three of our sons, Yaakov, Gilad and Eyal have been missing since Thursday night and despite the best efforts of the Israeli army, the police, the intelligence community, and rescue units, we seem no nearer to learning their whereabouts. more

Fifty-one prisoners released in the 2011 deal that secured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit’s freedom were re-arrested Wednesday among a group of more than 65 Palestinians detained by Israel Defense Forces in their search for three Jewish teens believed to have been abducted by Hamas, the IDF said. more