There was an air of excitement all week throughout the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls as the sophomores, juniors and seniors prepared for the annual SKA Shabbaton set for this coming weekend … more

The Names, Not Numbers program at the Yeshiva of Central Queens took a trip to the Jewish Heritage Museum to learn about the Holocaust. Names, Not Numbers is a program started by Tova-Fish Rosenberg … more

The annual Middle School Bar Mitzvah Workshop for seventh grade boys at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway and their chavrutot was held last Wednesday evening. Fathers and grandfathers … more

The DRS Yeshiva High School for Boys of the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach hosted over 200 prospective students at its open house last Sunday. The event helped attendees get a real sense of what DRS is … more

The Hebrew Academy of Nassau County High School welcomed eighth grade prospective students and parents to its annual Open House last Sunday. The theme of this year’s open house was MAKE HANC … more

The Jewish Star contributor and newly-minted author Lonnie Ostrow debuts his first novel on motzei Shabbos, Nov. 19, with a launch party and book signing in Congregation Ohav Sholom’s social … more

October is anti-bullying month. To participate, the Yeshiva of Central Queens held a Mix It Up at lunch day. Mix It Up is an anti-bullying club run by Melissa Maisel, seventh grade ELA teacher. The … more

Paul Black, chief executive officer of Allscripts, a healthcare information technology solutions company, has been named the corporate honoree of South Nassau Communities … more

I’ve loved cooking for a long time now, and while I’ve certainly had my fair share of kitchen mishaps, I’m generally pretty good at it. In … more

Rabbi Hanoch Hecht, a Chabad rabbi in upstate Rhinebeck, competed on“Chopped” with tzimmes, a traditional sweet stew made of carrots. DESSERT TZIMMES Courtesy of Hanoch … more