EVERY THURSDAY — 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 … more

Rabbis Kenneth Hain of Congregation Beth Shalom in Lawrence and Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere want 1,000 Five Towners at #AIPAC's March conference in Washington. Watch the video. more

The Jewish National Fund is moving closer to its $1-billion 10-year goal, raising $81 million in its 2014 campaign, the organization announced at its annual breakfast, Oct. 29 at the Sheraton … more

About 300 people participated in Chabad of the Five Towns’ annual Bike 4 Friendship event on Sunday, riding through Cedarhurst to raise money for Friendship Circle, a Chabad program that … more

Prominent business leaders and educators will convene in New York City this weekend for the Birthright Israel Excel Fellows fourth annual retreat. 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

Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Long Island Chapter raised $1.4 million through its Ninth Annual IDF Appreciation Evening last week. more

Brooklyn Heights Jewish Academy, a new co-educational Orthodox Jewish day school, plans to open its doors in September 2015, its executive director, Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin, accounced. Building off … more

With all the Yomim Tovim coming up, Midreshet Shalhevet in North Woodmere held a food drive to help those in need. Over the past few weeks, the students collected non-perishable food items. After … more

2002 — A report headlined “Putting the kibosh on getting sloshed” featured local teens describing known “hot spot” shuls and asserting that Simchat Torah drinking was … more