Births Birth of baby boy to Yoel & Esty Doppelt (Jerusalem, Israel) - Dec. 14, 2008 Birth of a baby girl to Rebecca and Ari Schochet (Passaic, NJ) – Dec. 13, 2008. … more

Issue of March 27, 2009 / 2 Nissan 5769 Weddings Wedding of Batsheva Sod (Lawrence, NY) & Dovid Levin (Brooklyn, NY) - March 23, 2009 Wedding of Doris Davis (Oceanside, … more

By Michael J. Salamon Issue of July 10, 2009 / 18 Tammuz 5769 On May 13, 1964, Catherine Genovese was murdered in Kew Gardens, Queens as she came home from work late at night. Forty-five years … more

Israeli coach ejected at eventful charity game for Migdal Ohr at MSG By Mayer Fertig Issue of Oct. 23, 2009 / 5 Cheshvan 5770 By Mayer Fertig Robert Shimonov didn’t plan to go to … more

by Michael Orbach Issue of January 22, 2010/ 7 Shvat 5770 Chabad of the Five Towns on 74 Maple Avenue was burglarized on Jan. 2, according to police officials who said the burglary … more

By Zecharia Mehler Issue of May 7, 2010/ 23 Iyar, 5770 When I was first given the go ahead to begin work as the Jewish Star’s restaurant critic I found myself struggling to pick a … more

Carbon monoxide By Malka Eisenberg Issue of August 27, 2010/ 17 Elul 5770 The peaceful stillness of Aviva Rizel’s Shabbos morning was shattered by the insistent beeps of her carbon … more

The arrival of Coffee Bean in New York was accompanied by internet-driven hype, making it seem like it was the greatest kosher thing to happen to New York City. Everywhere you clicked, there were tweets, status updates and blog posts extolling the virtues of this LA-based coffee chain. I absorbed volumes of information about their jalapeño cheddar bagel and was told that their coffee was so good it was the rival to any boutique café with their pompous baristas and handpicked (conflict free) beans. more

A sports fan is nothing, if not superstitious. In addition to great defense, an unlikely Hail Mary, uncharacteristic Packer drops and turnovers, and of course Eli-te, my article in last week’s Jewish Star seems to have been one of the keys to the Giants’ stunning upset. As all veteran Giants fans rem more

This week, in America, you will read the double portion of Acharei-Mot-Kedoshim which, translated literally, means “after the death of the holy ones,” a meaning that was all too appropriate last week when we were reading the same double portion, as it fell on the Shabbat immediately following Israel’s Memorial and Independence days: Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut. more