Nov. 14 Jewish Star FLASHBACK

2002 — Rambam’s activism was on display as students rallied to protest an anti-Semitic program on Egyptian TV. They chanted “Hitler would be proud,” in opposition to “A Horseman Without a Horse,” an adaptation of “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”

2003 — The annual breakfast of the Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula (JCCRP) “was a resounding success.”

2006 — “Organ Donation: Gift or Halachic Obligation?” That’s the question posed by a front page headline. The subhead points out that there have been “only a handful of known Jewish doners in recent years.”

2007 — This week’s lead story reaches “out to the girl in the mirror,” reporting that “eating disorder awareness is growing within the Orthodox community.”

2008 — Following the suspension of operations by the Rubashkin family’s Agriprocessors plans in Postville, Iowa, local stores were “starting to feel the pinch” at the supply of glatt kosher meat dwindled.

A second front page report presents an election postmortem under this headline: “After election, a wary eye on new prez; Voters speak their minds about President-elect Obama.”

2009 — The activism of Rambam and Shalhevet students stays strong year to year. This week, on the 71st anniverary of Kristallnacht, they picketed outside the home of a Nazi war criminal. A German diplomat praised the students’ action. 

2010 — A dramatic cover story is titled, “Fire, Ice and Air — How Simcha Shafran survived Siberia.”

2011 — After a fire at Gourmet Glatt in Cedarhurst, Seasons in Lawrence offered aid.

2013 — Once again, “Rambam students demand: Throw Nazi out!”