Brooklyn’s political establishment rallied as it always does on the Friday morning before election day — at Junior’s Restaurant in the newly-chic Downtown district, for Steve … more

Rabbi Chanina, the Deputy High Priest, said: “Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for respect for it, people would swallow one another alive.” Eternal G-d: We thank … more

Two leading Modern Orthodox rabbis in the Five Towns, Hershel Billet and Kenneth Hain, have published articles expressing their support for Hillary Clinton over Donald … more

Yeshiva University recently broke ground for a $3.6 million, 20,000 square-foot pedestrian plaza on its Washington Heights campus. The redesigned space will include additional seating areas, … more

Three local yeshiva day school students are semi-finalists in the prestigious Siemens math, science and technology competition … more

Rabbi Mordechai Finkelman, mashgiach ruchani, Yeshiva Ohr Hachaim, Kew Gardens Hills, spoke to the JHS students at Yeshiva of Central Queens about the gift of yeshivah. … more

For the second time in four years, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway is adding a new sports complex to one of its campuses.  Construction began … more

Prospective parents and students from many elementary schools were welcomed to the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls at its Open House last Sunday. … more

The Hebrew Academy of Long Beach has entered an online and video Skype partnership with the Ariel school in Modiin through Israeli Schools Online. HALB is excited to have linked the fourth grade … more

We’re not going to suggest that it’s unimportant who you vote for — of course, that does matter very much. But opinions in our community are mostly set, and at The Jewish Star we … more