News: LI | The Jewish Star | www.thejewishstar.com

First day of the issue envelopes for the Chanukah on Sept. 19.

At post office, Chanukah comes early this year

Chanukah came 13-and-a-half weeks early at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, as a band and a Jewish student choir performed songs about dreidels and menorahs, as well as Yiddish and Ladino … more

By Menachem Wecker | 9/25/24

Major (res.) Nerya Meir is flanked by event organizers Dr. Paul Brody (left) and Yehuda Goltche.

In Great Neck, cards and bumper stickers

IDF Major (res.) Nerya Meir described for the Great Neck Synagogue on Sunday his experiences leading troops in Gaza combat. Meir heads the Department of Zionist Activity in the Diaspora of the … more

By Robyn Spector Blumner | 9/25/24

The Israel Chesed Center in Hewlett drew nearly 1,000 people to its Yom Tov Shuk on Sunday, Sept. 15.

5 Towns Chesed Center’s Yom Tov Shuk

Nearly one year after Oct. 7, the Israel Chesed Center in Hewlett maintains a busy schedule of community-unifying activities that support our brothers and sisters in Israel. The center, in a … more

9/25/24

While Donald Trump has no path to victory in New York, he rallied his faithful in Nassau County and urged them to vote for their Republican congressional candidates.

Trump paints Long Island red

If Donald Trump is elected in November, it will almost certainly be without New York’s 28 electoral votes. But that doesn’t mean the state is not important to Trump and the … more

By Ed Weintrob, The Jewish Star | 9/25/24

Members of Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital and leaders from Nassau’s Jewish communities gathered outside the hospital’s Sabbath House on its Oceanshide campus last Thursday.

Mt. Sinai South Nassau dedicates Sabbath House

Mount Sinai South Nassau dedicated its new Sabbath House last week, honoring longtime supporters Iris and Shalom Maidenbaum. The Sept. 12 event followed the facility’s recent relocation to … more

By Kepherd Daniel, LI Herald | 9/18/24

Former US ambassador to Israel David Friedman (whose new book is pictured) speaks during the Kohelet Forum Conference at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, on Jan. 8, 2020.

Friedman tells Israel: Think fresh, get tough — and win!

Former US Ambassador David Friedman’s new book, “One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” published on Sept. 3 by Humanix Books, presents … more

9/18/24

Democratic Congressional candidate Laura Gillen presents her plan to combat anti-Semitism, outside a home in East Meadow last Wednesday. She’s flanked by supporters including Nassau County Legislator Seth Koslow. Ed Weintrob, The Jewish Star

In bid to unseat D’Esposito, Gillen eyes Jew-hate

The Democrat seeking to unseat a pro-Israel Republican in Nassau County’s 4th CD staked her claim to pro-Jewish bonafides last week. Former Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen presented … more

By Ed Weintrob, The Jewish Star | 9/4/24

Barry Zisholtz outside a barbershop in south DeKalb County. "When I walk into a Black barber shop, they first stop cutting hair. It’s like an Eddie Murphy movie. They said, ‘What are you doing here?’ They think I have an emergency. And then I say, ‘I’m Dr Z. I’m coming to earn your vote.’ When I leave the barbershop, they have my sign on the door.”

Cedarhurst native plays offense in Braves’ land

Dr. Barry Zisholtz was a urological surgeon, not a politician. But when the Cedarhurst native found himself in a Georgia district whose state representative was silent on Hamas terror and … more

By Ed Weintrob, The Jewish Star | 8/28/24

Major Or Maatuk spoke about his eight months of rehabilitation at ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran.

Injured IDF fighter shares rehab story in 5T

IDF Major Or Maatuk recounted his rehabilitation journey after being severely injured fighting terrorists in the Gaza war. He spoke during an ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran event at the Young Israel of … more

By Melissa Berman, LI Herald with The Jewish Star | 8/21/24

For two weeks, Occupational Therapist Sarah Yastrab left her family and patients behind in Woodmere to help the staff at the Kaylie Rehabilitation Medical Center at ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran care for war-wounded civilians and IDF soldiers from the hardest hit communities in Israel’s south.

5 Towns honors 5 therapists who volunteered

Five volunteers from the Five Towns and Far Rockaway will be recognized next Wednesday, Aug. 14, for their work at ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran, a 40-acre state-of-the-art rehabilitation village in … more

By Melissa Berman, LI Herald (with The Jewish Star) | 8/7/24