The Young Israel of North Bellmore celebrated its 50th anniversary at a gala dinner at Congregation Ohr Torah in Valley Stream last Sunday. The shul honored the three rabbis who served there during … more

The Orthodox Union has selected the Young Israel of Oceanside as one of 16 winners of its nationwide Women’s Initiative Challenge Grant. YI Oceanside won for its program, M’Dor … more

The Spinka Rebbe of Yerushalayim, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchok Kahana shlita, is pictured making havdalah in the Cedarhurst home of Avi and Sherry Ackerman, where he stayed recently while meeting with … more

On a 75-degree February day in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, JNS viewed the Abrahamic Family House site on its opening day. Three houses of worship — Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue, His … more

Police on Friday arrested a Far Rockaway man they believe is the hit-and-run driver who severely injured Rabbi Jordan Kelemer as he crossed Hempstead Avenue to enter the Young Israel of West … more

Rabbi Shalom Axelrod of the Young Israel of Woodmere recently visited students from his shul during their year Israel, meeting the girls at Jeruslaem’s Big Apple Pizza. “We are so proud … more

Twenty-seven Middle School students of Great Neck’s North Shore Hebrew Academy (NSHA) — both Ashkenazic and Sephardic — joined on Purim day to chant the “Gantze … more

The Lido Beach Synagogue, on the east end of the Long Beach barrier island, will officially welcome its new spiritual leader, Rabbi Eli Biegeleisen, and his wife Shira and their children (pictured) … more

Formet Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman delivered the keynote address at the Five Towns communal Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzamut program on Wednesday night, April 18, … more

Congregation Anshei Chesed of Hewlett celebrated its 50th anniversary on Sunday, honoring the same couple it feted … more