My eldest son is nine years old and in third grade. He understands that the name Hitler … more

Purim is a hard holiday for a writer. Too much pressure to be funny. If you can crack jokes at Rosh Hashanah and Chanukah, then Purim should be a cinch, right?  It’s like Purim … more

Controversy over the way an elite Riverdale school handled a student’s drawing of a swastika-like symbol has reportedly led the school to add more education about the Holocaust. The Ethical … more

Leading rabbis in Agudath Israel of America moved Monday to further distance what has been referred to as Open Orthodoxy from normative Orthodox Judaism. The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America … more

The literal meaning of Kol Nidre is “all vows.” More broadly, the prayer deals with the importance of words in shaping our lives, setting the tone for who we are—what we … more

In this photo, taken on Sept. 15, 2001, a fireman signals for 10 more colleagues to join him on the World Trade Center pile. Last Monday, 23 Elul — the 14th anniversary of 9/11/01 on the Jewish … more

Just hours before vote-counters determined that opponents of the Iranian nuclear pact would fail to override a presidential veto should the Senate manage to vote against the deal later this month, New Yorkers rallied outside the Midtown Manhattan offices of Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer on Tuesday evening. more

The Jewish Star is interviewing candidates for positions in its editorial, sales, production and distribution departments. Openings exist for work in the Five Towns, Queens and Long Island (based … more

Rep. Eliot L. Engel, who represents Riverdale, is the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Over the last two years, I’ve supported our negotiating team in the P5+1, … more

“Choose life.” Forty people from across the Orthodox spectrum and beyond struggled with what that edict means when trying to stem the high incidence of breast and ovarian cancer, and … more