By Dov Winston Issue of August 1, 2008 Two people in Hewlett Neck owe their lives to a neighbor who rang their doorbell and woke them up last Wednesday morning after seeing fire and smoke … more

By Dov Winston Issue of August 1, 2008 A water main break in Woodmere on July 22 damaged 26 homes on Saddle Ridge Road, causing flooding in the streets and inconveniencing local residents. … more

Young Israel congregation hires rav By Yaffi Spodek Issue of August 1, 2008 Rabbi Yehuda Septimus has been chosen as the new mara d’atra of the Young Israel of North Woodmere, … more

Five Towns cosmetics store provides beauty supplies to female soldiers by Daniella Adler Issue of August 1, 2008 Fay Feder, co-owner of Kiss and Makeup, a cosmetics store in the Five … more

Learning Torah in memory of Ehud Goldwasser a"h and Eldad Regev a"h By Jewish Star Staff Issue of August 1, 2008 The end of shiva for Ehud ben Shlomo Goldwasser a"h and Eldad ben Tzvi … more

Issue of August 1, 2008 It was on a quick trip home to New York from a yeshiva in Israel that a post-high school student noticed something odd: he felt reluctant, scared even, about descending … more

Dear That’s Life, I had not seen him in a while, but Willy is back. He was sitting outside my favorite Starbucks (and yes, too many of these entries involve that franchise but we can talk … more

“Nine Out of Ten” by Moshe Katz The heroic story of a family’s determination to outlive and survive the Nazis Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber Issue of August 1, 2008 Of one thing … more

Tzlafchad’s daughters In memory of Aharon Hakohen, who loved everyone and pursued peace between people, whose yahrzeit is this Shabbos, the first day of Av. By Rabbi Avi Billet Issue … more

Issue of August 1, 2008 Missing the point To the Editor: Rivi Schiffer wrote an interesting letter to the editor ( On being machmir; July 25, 2008 ) in response to an In My View article … more