There are some crazy myths running through American politics today, things like the U.S. government was behind the twin towers attack on 9/11, Barack Obama was born in Kenya (or was it the planet … more

This coming Monday, May 18, at 8 pm, the Young Israel of Woodmere will host a tribute to the memory of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, zt”l . Our essay the week is again themed to Rav … more

A rally today (Monday, May 11) will protest support by JUA-Federation President Alisa Doctoroff for groups demonstrators say support the anti-Israel BDS movement. Noisemarkers at the "101 Shofar … more

The president of a normal, civilized country naturally is anxious to distance himself from any suspicion of ever having had a connection to a terrorist. That’s how President Barack Obama … more

When Iran was in the incipient stages of its nuclear program, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) sponsored the Iran Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1998, a bill that passed in the House of … more

Students at Midreshet Shalhevet in North Woodmere were privileged to hear from award-winning journalist Edwin Black on April 29. Black, whose column appears periodically in The Jewish Star, spoke … more

One of the most enduring images from the Baltimore riots was that of the irate mother of a rioter vigorously admonishing and slapping her law-breaking teenage son. Millions of frustrated Americans, … more

The Virginia State Bar (VSB) — which, it should be noted, is a state body working with the legal profession in Virginia — has been embroiled in a nasty political row over its apparent … more

Apparently neither the Obama Administration nor any of the other members of the P+5 teams negotiating the nuclear deal with Iran wants a silly thing like violations of nuclear sanctions to hurt the … more

About three years ago, Tirael Cohen posted a flimsy, 8-by-10 inch flyer in the Ariel University halls seeking students to create a student village in Samaria. Within a few days, more than 150 … more