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Barry Zisholtz outside a barbershop in south DeKalb County. "When I walk into a Black barber shop, they first stop cutting hair. It’s like an Eddie Murphy movie. They said, ‘What are you doing here?’ They think I have an emergency. And then I say, ‘I’m Dr Z. I’m coming to earn your vote.’ When I leave the barbershop, they have my sign on the door.”

Cedarhurst native plays offense in Braves’ land

Dr. Barry Zisholtz was a urological surgeon, not a politician. But when the Cedarhurst native found himself in a Georgia district whose state representative was silent on Hamas terror and … more

By Ed Weintrob, The Jewish Star | 8/28/24

Major Or Maatuk spoke about his eight months of rehabilitation at ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran.

Injured IDF fighter shares rehab story in 5T

IDF Major Or Maatuk recounted his rehabilitation journey after being severely injured fighting terrorists in the Gaza war. He spoke during an ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran event at the Young Israel of … more

By Melissa Berman, LI Herald with The Jewish Star | 8/21/24

Sara Krown, 20-year from Woodmere, is serving in the Israel Defense Forces.

Hewlett helps its own in equipment-starved IDF

Sara Krown, an Israel Defense Forces “lone solider” from the Five Towns, needs support and Hewlett organizations have bee stepping up. “She’ll say they don’t … more

By Parker Schug, LI Herald | 7/24/24

Tablet magazine editor Alana Newhouse makes a point during her discussion with attorney Ben Brafman at Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence on Monday night.

‘Brokenism’ presages better future, Tablet editor says in the Five Towns

She was greeted as a hometown star, but journalist Alana Newhouse did not return to the Five Towns on Monday night bearing good news. But she said that although “everything is … more

By Ed Weintrob | 6/26/24

Malcolm Hoenlein speaks a full house at the Young Israel of Woodmere Monday night, as Yom HaZikaron transitioned to Yom HaAtzmaut.

Our grandchildren will judge us

Just as many have asked, “Where were America’ s Jews in the 1930s and during the Shoah ?, ” our grand-children will ask, “Where were you after Oct. 7?” That’s … more

By Ed Weintrob | 5/15/24

Sharon Fogel accompanies Einav Danion, mother of Ori, a 24-year-old hostage, who lit a seventh candle.

7th Candle

As is customary at Yom HaShoah commemorarions, six candles were lit in the Five Towns on Sunday night, one for each million of the six million Jews who were slain by the Nazis. Four of the candles … more

By Ed Weintrob | 5/8/24

Riverdale ‘Seder’ marks Yom HaShoah

Riverdale remembered the Holocaust the way Jews commemorate so much: through ritual. The device created for this by Rabbi Avi Weiss at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale was a Yom HaShoah Seder. … more

By Ed Weintrob | 5/8/24

Jewish protesters line the south side of Spruce Street in Cedarhurst as a group on the north side protests an Israeli real estate event, taking place at Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst on March 12.

What happened at the Cedarhurst Israeli real estate event that generated a protest

The Great Israeli Real Estate event drew a different crowd than its normal clientele during a stop in Cedarhurst. Nassau police and protesters gathered down the road from Young Israel of … more

By Parker Schug, LI Herald | 3/13/24

IDF officer Amit Yaacov at Congregation B’nai Sholom-Beth David.

IDF officer in RVC describes his Gaza experience

An IDF officer who served in Gaza told a Rockville Centre synagogue that “personally, if there can be a solution that will include any sort of agreement or ceasefire, I don’t believe in … more

By Daniel Offner, LI Herald | 2/14/24

5 Towns snowbirds, and their Rabbi

Rabbi Shalom Axelrod of the Young Israel of Woodmere (back row, center, in dark suit) visited with more than 90 YIW members for a Lunch and Learn get together at Traditions South of Boca Raton, in … more

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