25 members of TEAM OHEL completed 42 miles this past Sunday, May 5th, as part of the TD Bank 5 Boro Bike Tour. All proceeds raised from our TEAM OHEL riders will helps kids in our foster homes and domestic violence shelters. more

A number of students at the North Shore Hebrew Academy High School have been involved in a program called “Stepping Up” Long Island Jewish Teen Philosophy Pilot Program. Guiding the students through this philanthropic program was Debra Gold, Community Service Advisor. more

Miriam Baum-Benkoe has once again cooked up a way to act on her principles, and turn motivation into action to help others. The Oceanside retired school teacher has launched her second charity raising cookbook, this one to raise funds for JobKatif. “I made up my mind to do something,” she said. more

The rarified discourse and debate of scholars and researchers will be open for the lay public as well as professionals to listen, observe and learn at a first time seminar on May 19th at Yeshiva University. A confluence of scholars from different but related fields and a generous grant has brought together the first annual conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls to be held in the Lipschutz-Gutwirth Study Hall (Rubin Shul) of Yeshiva University this Sunday from 1:30 to 4:30 PM. more

Well over one thousand people gathered at the New York Hilton this past Sunday for Agudath Israel of America’s annual dinner. Featuring a long list of speakers and presentations, the Dinner paid tribute to various individuals who have made an impact on the community, as well as powerful messages from political and rabbinic leaders. more

Rabbi Herschel Schachter, Rabbi Yaakov Neuberger, Rabbi Mordechai Willig, and Rabbi Moshe Tendler, met with the leaders of Calvary recently to learn about the Hospital’s extensive services for Orthodox patients and families in the two inpatient facilities and through Calvary’s Home Hospice. more

Two speakers demonstrated a formidable show of support for Jerusalem and Israel at Ateret Cohanim’s dinner on Yom Yerushalayim. Newsmax radio show host Steve Malzberg lauded Ateret Cohanim’s “fine work to establish Jerusalem as the one and only undivided capital of the State of Israel forever” and lambasted Secretary of State John Kerry for his support of the Saudi “peace plan” and his equating “the death of an eight-year-old boy who was blown up on purpose, with the death of terrorists who were fighting when [Israeli soldiers] boarded the (Mavi Marmara) ship.” more

Hundreds of Rambam Mesivta protesters will rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza outside the United Nations at 1 PM on Monday, followed by another vigil by Midreshet Shalhevet High School at 2 PM, to call for the ouster of Richard A. Falk from his U.N. position. more

During the first Lebanon War in 1982, a captain in the elite Shaldag Israeli Air Force commando unit was injured in Syria and lost his right leg from the knee down. He had been an avid bike rider and fast runner. At age 23 he was fitted with an immediate prosthetic leg and had rehabilitation for three weeks. more

As part of their series “Legends of Air & Space,” the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, Long Island last Thursday presented El Al crew members to discuss their flight experiences and as ambassadors for Israel. more