Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has designated six major Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organizations. This means that their bank trades and the movements of their leaders and … more

It was a cold winter in 1991, the time of the great Gulf War. Scud missiles were falling upon towns and cities throughout the State of Israel. The city of Baltimore had a sister city … more

Home plate is an empty pizza box (kosher pizza, of course). But it serves its purpose for baseball, as a group of Lubavitchers in Crown Heights trade in their fedoras for ball caps. A new baseball … more

The Palestinian Authority and its supporters have a new enemy: the Louvre in Paris. The world’s most-visited museum, the famous French institution that holds some of the greatest works of … more

The first time we are introduced to the mitzvah of brit milah is the 17th chapter of Sefer Bereshit. This mitzvah is found once again in the first of our parshiot, Parashat Tazria. This repetition … more

Up until now, the legal battles being waged about tolerating dissent against support for gay marriage or gay pride events have been focused on conservative Christians. But a kosher baker in West … more

I t’s a difficult balancing act, but most of the talking heads and pundits are managing to pull it off. Unlike the hard left, most liberals and Democrats have not abandoned sanity and embraced … more

Accepting the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Jonathan Glazer, director of the Holocaust movie “The Zone of Interest,” read, with quivering hands, from a prepared … more

Horsing around at HAFTR Photos by Joe Sperber for The Jewish Star Issue of Sept. 12, 2008 Hundreds of children and adults spent a sunny Sunday afternoon celebrating the start of a new … more

The Orthodox community’s response to alleged legal and ethical breaches at the Rubashkin meatpacking plant came under scrutiny by community and … more