Young people visit Woodmere Rehab By Yaffi Spodek Issue of Jan. 9, 2009 / 13 Teves 5769 Residents of the Woodmere Rehabilitation and Health Care Center enjoyed daily visits by volunteers … more

My name is Masha Nockenofsky. I am 18 years old and I’m an autistic child. My youngest brother is the same thing, too. If you are all wondering why I’m so different from everybody else in the world, here’s how it all started. more

As kids get ready to go back to school, hundreds of school-aged youth and parent volunteers will assemble backpacks with school supplies for underprivileged children in the Five Towns communities on … more

More than $60,000 raised to cover costs By Jewish Star Staff June 4, 2010 / 22 Sivan 5770 A young mother in North Woodmere who was diagnosed with leukemia gave birth to a baby boy on Sunday … more

Just days after the holiday of Shavuot and the reading of Megilat Ruth with its emphasis on chesed (kindness) and the agricultural mitzvah of leaving peah, leket and shikcha for the needy in the fields of Israel, another reality of the agricultural tie of need and charity comes to the Five Towns from Israel this weekend. more

Benjamin Gross of HAFTR is one of five highly innovative Jewish educators who will receive the 4th annual Jewish Education Project Young Pioneers Award presented by the Jewish Education … more

Throughout summer, the voices of children of all ages could be heard at the Levi Yitzchak Library on Central Avenue in Cedarhurst which hosted a variety of programs.  The summer may be … more

As part of HAFTR Middle School’s social and emotional learning curriculum led by Dr. Yali Werzberger, director of guidance, seventh grade students are participating in a Digital Citizenship … more

Tuesday was the official first day of autumn, but the Jewish calendar had already reset the season with the arrival of the High Holy days and the joyous approach of Sukkot. Around the holidays, many … more

The two Five Towns firebrands behind the launch and growth of Hindi’s Libraries were honored this week as “Persons of the Year” by the Nassau Herald, the secular newspaper in the … more