Five Towners rooted for a hometown hero last Thursday, as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held its confirmation hearing for ambassador to Israel-designee David Friedman, a Woodsburgh resident. … more

When the first Jewish patient died on Rabbi Melvyn Lerer’s watch as chaplain at the Central Islip State Hospital in 1976, he was devastated. There was no tahara (preparation of the body for … more

First graders in Morah Katz’s class at HANC’s Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School, in West Hempstead, took their siddurim on a walk to a blossoming blueberry bush so that they could perform the mitzvah of “Blessing the Trees,” which is done during the month of Nisan, when fruit trees begin to bloom. more

It’s not all work for the 12th graders at Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls. On Thursday night, Oct. 22, over 70 seniors went to Mineola to “Escape the Room,” an interactive … more

At 12:22 pm on June 21, the crowd at Yeshiva Darchei Torah erupted in cheers and singing, as a unique fundraising campaign surpassed what had seemed to some an improbable goal: raising $1,600,000 for … more

HIGH SCHOOL HANC High School pulsated with excitement as it celebrated the year’s first chagiga and embraced the Shabbos Project. The day began with divrei Torah from Board Chair Jeffrey … more

In the wake of an order by the New York State Board of Regents that private schools — including yeshivas — demonstrate that their secular studies curricula are substantially equivalent to … more

HAFTR students gathered to commemorate Yom Hashoah. more

“Train a child according to his way” (Proverbs 22:6) is a Biblical aphorism summing up the feeling of many parents and educators. more

More than 1,000 people joined a Yeshiva University-organized kumzitz in support of Israel on the Red Steps in Times Square on Sunday night. Led by student Aryeh Tiefenbrunn on guitar and … more