The Jewish Star covers tell the story of the Jewish people and the Jewish state: Oct 2023 thru Dec 2024
The covers of The Jewish Star tell the story of the Jewish people and the Jewish state. Over covers from October 2023 thru December 2024 are published in this week's print edition in a 4-page pull-out section. In the new year, The Jewish Star remains committed to delivering honest reporting that is Torah-true.
Gaza War
‘Hell to pay’ if US hostages are not freed
President-elect Donald Trump has reiterated his stern warning regarding American hostages held by Hamas, telling a podcaster that there will be “hell to pay” if they are not released by …
Ukranine War
Helping Ukraine because its fight is our fight
As we begin the new year, it’s important to reflect on not just all we have to be thankful for, but on those who still need our support — including the people of Ukraine who are nearing …
gaza war
Cathartic effects of war on Jewish life, identity
The last 15 months have been a tragedy for the individual and a triumph for the collective. History is rife with examples of this dichotomy. The tragedy of Oct. 7, 2023, and the ensuing …
Kosher Kitchen
Another year, another stab at healthy eating
Statistics show that between 66 percent and 75 percent of the new year resolutions we make have to do with food, diet and fitness. Sadly, by the end of January, 77 percent of people who made …
gaza war
Media mainstreams Israel ‘apathy’ blood libel
For 15 months, Israelis and Jews around the world have watched in horror as much of the international media flipped the narrative of the terrorist invasion of southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. …
gaza war
Carter was anything but a saint to the Jews
Forgive me if I don’t join in the rush to canonize Jimmy Carter. He deserves respect for serving as president and for some meritorious accomplishments, but he was also one of, if not the most, …
Politics
Again, there’s a New Yorker in the White House
When Donald Trump is inaugurated as our 47th president the week after next, he will (once again) be the only president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt who is a born-and-bred New Yorker. Despite his …
global focus
The view from Ireland: Welcome to ‘Paddystine’
The other day, during a discussion with a colleague about the wave of pro-Hamas, antisemitic hysteria sweeping the Republic of Ireland, I unthinkingly quipped that the people of Eire should rename …
History
Jewishness ‘can’t be extricated’ from the work of Franz Kafka
The German-Jewish writer Franz Kafka, who died 100 years ago at age 40, is on the short list of people whose name has become an eponymous adjective. The term “Kafkaesque” suggests …
Darkaynu
A year in Israel for your special needs child?
I remember the first time a student with special needs told me she wanted to study in Israel after high school. It was 24 years ago, and I was running a program for teens with special needs at Camp …
torah
‘Teshuva, u’tefila, u’tzedaka maavirin’ moment
As hopes rise and fall for the release of our hostages, it is easy to succumb to feelings of despair. Yet the lessons of last week’s, dramatic parsha, Vayigash, demonstrate how things can …
gaza war
Carter’s words: He hated Jews, not just Israel
Remembrances of former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, should keep in mind how America’s 39th president profoundly damaged the Jewish state, especially …
gaza war
Blinken’s stunning eleventh hour confession
Liri Elbag, one of five female IDF soldiers still being held hostage in Gaza, was the subject of Hamas’s most recently released video. The video of Liri alive was filmed on Jan. 1. Available …
gaza war
‘Intifada’ doesn’t mean what they say it means
What was this intifada that protesters on college campuses and in the streets of American cities keep screaming about? According to a recent article in the New York Times Sunday …
People of the Year
Nassau Herald names Israel Chesed Center's Marc Moshe Bodner, Jeff Eisenberg as 'People of the Year'
In the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, two local entrepreneurs turned personal pain into purposeful support, creating a lifeline for Israeli soldiers, displaced families and a …
antisemitism
Teachers demand book-burning and disruption
A call for book-burning at this year’s National Council of Teachers of English annual convention — whose tagline is “Heart, Hope and Humanity” — has laid bare a growing …
Sports
‘G-d gave me wisdom,’ says Orthodox receiver
Sam Salz, a Jewish wide receiver for the Texas A&M Aggies men’s football team, displays the Sabbath prohibitions on his jersey. Salz, 21, who wears a kippah and tzitzit , told JNS that …
This week in Torah
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Living with dignity, dying with dignity as well
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Yaakov’s blessing was a message beyond nature
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What? How dare we criticize the Maccabees!
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‘Teshuva, u’tefila, u’tzedaka maavirin’ moment
The last tears: Looking forward, looking back
At almost every stage of the fraught encounter between Joseph and his family in Egypt, Joseph weeps. There are seven scenes of tears: 1. When the brothers came before him in Egypt for the first …
Jonathan Tobin
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Connecting New Orleans and anti-Israel terror
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Terror next step for Jew-hating US radicals?
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Media mainstreams Israel ‘apathy’ blood libel
For 15 months, Israelis and Jews around the world have watched in horror as much of the international media flipped the narrative of the terrorist invasion of southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. …
Ben Cohen
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International courts turn human rights upside down
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Middle East winners and losers: The story so far
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The view from Ireland: Welcome to ‘Paddystine’
The other day, during a discussion with a colleague about the wave of pro-Hamas, antisemitic hysteria sweeping the Republic of Ireland, I unthinkingly quipped that the people of Eire should rename …
Kosher Bookworm
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Her spark was ignited and a Jewish soul found
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Celebrating Thanksgiving is a Jewish tradition
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This is a season for real miracles — and learning
A unique liturgical feature of this holiday is the recitation within the Amidah and Birkat Hamazon of Al Hanissim acknowledging the miracles of that long ago era, of history’s first open …
On Campus
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University curriculum: How to ‘unlearn Zionism’
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Campus Chabad empowers students to display pride
“I never thought I would have to take off my Star of David necklace,” a student told Rabbi Levi Cunin a week after Oct. 7, 2023. Tears filled her eyes as …
More Opinion Columns
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‘Rolling Stone’ accuses my sons of war crimes
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Shabbat: An affirming response to antisemitism
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Teachers demand book-burning and disruption
A call for book-burning at this year’s National Council of Teachers of English annual convention — whose tagline is “Heart, Hope and Humanity” — has laid bare a growing …
Food: Dining In
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Chanukah treats: Think oil, but think again
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Another year, another stab at healthy eating
Statistics show that between 66 percent and 75 percent of the new year resolutions we make have to do with food, diet and fitness. Sadly, by the end of January, 77 percent of people who made …
Travel
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Thousands of Americans make aliyah after Oct. 7
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A year in Israel for your special needs child?
I remember the first time a student with special needs told me she wanted to study in Israel after high school. It was 24 years ago, and I was running a program for teens with special needs at Camp …
Health
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Social-justice shrinks blacklist Jewish patients
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Mt. Sinai South Nassau dedicates Sabbath House
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Even as the pain remains, resilience endures
The dust has not settled because the pain still runs deep. The barbarism of that day, when infants, siblings and parents were brutally slaughtered, is a tragedy that many have …