After 18 months of worrying about the possible closure of his nearly 40-year-old business, Marty Rosen has reached a compromise with the state Department of Transportation to keep open the Five Towns … more

The joy of Lag B'O'mer filled Cedarhurst Park on Sunday, May 14. The threat of rain … more

The Five Towns Far Rockaway chapter of the Jewish Woman Entrepreneurs will host an event on May 23 designed to help Jewish women entrepreneurs accelerate business growth and development by learning … more

Twenty-six Jewish organizations will join with Democrats and Republicans from both houses of Congress for a two-hour celebration at Capitol Visitor Center on May 17 … more

Harav Binyomin Kamenetzky, a pioneer in the establishment and growth of Orthodox Judaism in the Five Towns, was niftar on erev Shabbos. Thousands attended his levaya on Sunday at the Yeshiva of South … more

On Yom Ha’Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, the talmidim of Rambam Mesivta High School in Lawrence demonstrated that they remember — and they did so in an way meant to make it harder for … more

It’s not easy making Passover seders. There’s the cleaning, the cooking, the logistical and emotional challenges of hosting guests. Then there’s the cost. For some, the challenges … more

Making Pesach is expensive, and for those who struggle to put food on the table on a regular day, the eight days of Passover can cause a true hardship.  About 5 years ago, Lisa Gaon of the … more

Seventy-two years ago to the date that Marion Blumenthal’s family — her father, Walter; her mother, Ruth; and Marion and her brother, Albert — were liberated from the Bergen-Belsen … more

The Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula (JCCRP) has announced that Moshe Brandsdorfer has accepted the position of Executive Director. Brandsdorfer brings to the JCCRP more than a … more