From the Village of Cedarhurst: Dear Residents, According to The National Weather Service a Flash Flood Watch will be in effect this evening, Friday, May 16th, … more

Yom HaZikaron: a day of solemn contemplation and reflection, a day of mourning for Chayalei Tzahal who gave their lives in defense of our Holy Land and for victims of terror who died al kiddush Hashem. In the Shulamith Middle Division, the annual Yom HaZikaron commemoration began with a brief introduction by eighth grade student coordinators, Shoshana Farber and Michal Haas. more

Students at YU’s Stern College raised $32,000 by using social media to help Sara Bezaley of Great Neck who suffered terrible complications after contracting swine flu at age 7. more

The weather could not have been more perfect for HALB Lev Chana Early Childhood Center’s pre Lag B’Omer trip to Green Meadows Farm. more

Even though they knew it was coming for over a week, when the House of Representatives voted to create a select committee to investigate Benghazi, the Democrats and the mainstream media went wild. “This is simply a political witch hunt,” the Democrats said, “after seven committees and 20,000 documents there is no reason for any more questions.” more

In his May 7 remarks upon receiving an award for fighting genocide, President Barack Obama explained why he is not fighting genocide. He didn’t mean it to sound quite that way, of course. But that was the indisputable meaning of his words. more

With the recent collapse of the U.S.-brokered peace negotiations, the Palestinian leadership has embarked on a broad plan of unilateral action to gain recognition of a Palestinian state and to isolate Israel internationally. Couple those developments with the Palestinian Fatah movement’s unity pact with the terrorist group Hamas, and Israel is facing a complex new reality. more

Math anxiety can easily undermine the hard work students have put in throughout the year, lowering their scores on standardized tests and jeopardizing their chances to take advanced classes or enroll in the schools of their choice. But reducing math anxiety, a well-documented phenomenon, can prevent this. more

THURSDAY MAY 15 LUNCH & LEARN with Rabbi Shalom Ax- elrod of YI Woodmere. Traditions Restaurant, 302 Central Ave., Lawrence. 12:30-1:30 pm. $12 lunch. Alan Stern 516-398-3094. more