By Jewish Star Staff Issue of April 24, 2009 / 30 Nissan 5769 Boy Scout David Rosen of Troop 613 (in uniform) at the Young Israel of West Hempstead led a renovation of part of a nature trail … more

By Yaffi Spodek Issue of April 24, 2009 / 30 Nissan 5769 The Rock it Ropers of Woodmere, the only Shomer Shabbos jump rope team in the country, will advance to the national rounds of the USA … more

Consensus: a game where your opinion counts By Yaffi Spodek Issue of April 24, 2009 / 30 Nissan 5769 The season of long Shabbat afternoons is upon us. Though the weekly time warp can be … more

By Dr. Michael J. Salamon Issue of April 24, 2009 / 30 Nissan 5769 There is a story told about the horses that pulled the wagon of the Baal Shem Tov, the individual credited as the founder of … more

By Miriam Bradman Abrahams Issue of April 24, 2009 / 30 Nissan 5769 Visiting Israel is going home for many of us. It’s really a second home, a place we look forward to being and feeling … more

By Helen and Ranan Wolff Issue of April 24, 2009 / 30 Nissan 5769 How lucky we are to be living in the Five Towns. When our son Zev was stricken with a childhood cancer called neuroblastoma, … more

Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber Issue of April 24, 2009 / 30 Nissan 5769 “Honor your mother and father.” This commandment from G-d is given to us as a Divine mandate for all time. Rabbi … more

Issue of April 24, 2009 / 30 Nissan 5769 National hechsher not needed To the Editor: I have been eating Streit’s Matzo for more than 50 years only to find, as I did my last minute … more

By Rabbi Avi Billet Issue of April 24, 2009 / 30 Nissan 5769 In Vayikra 13:33 and 14:8-9 we see instances of how people on the road to reassuming a status of “taharah” –– readiness to … more

Issue of April 24, 2009 / 30 Nissan 5769 Manhattan - The Orthodox Union Job Board is hosting a Jewish Community Services Expo on Sunday, April 26. Whether you are gainfully employed but still … more