Pain may be one of the realities of cancer treatment, but an organization founded to empower children undergoing cancer care by using martial arts techniques is making great strides in alleviating and controlling their pain. Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg of Detroit, who founded Kids Kicking Cancer in 1990, will speak at the Young Israel of Hewlett on Shabbat Parshat Korach, June 8, and will present his technique that Sunday. more

Fifty years ago, leaders of the Chabad movement tasked Rabbi Moshe Lazar of Milan with supervising the local production and export of the Calabria etrog … more

How can such a thing happen? How could it come to this, that Jewish young men should ransack and burn homes and cars? … more

In a dramatic turn of events, Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, said last Wednesday that it is terminating its longstanding relationship with its US fundraising arm, amid a … more

By Michael Orbach Issue of October 22, 2010/ 14 Cheshvan 5771The Orthodox Union has come out with a statement opposing women leading Kabbalat Shabbos, the series of prayers that precede the evening … more

An organization whose goal is to facilitate care and aid for residents in need in the Five Towns and Rockaways is now calling on the community to help raise money to continue its mission. Achiezer, founded in 2009 to coordinate communal resources to assist 24/7 with medical, mental health, financial and physical issues, will hold a dinner this Sunday, June 2, 6:30 p.m., at the Sands in Atlantic Beach. more

The Orthodox Union is founding its own division to advance women as congregational leaders, as well as to promote Jewish study and communal participation for women in Modern Orthodoxy. The … more

The Jewish National Fund-USA has announced what it calls its largest project yet.  At its national conference earlier this month, the organization shared plans to establish the World Zionist … more

Issue of November 27 2009/ 10 Cheshvan 5770 Cedarhurst - The Peaceful Presence Yoga Studio is honored to host an evening with the internationally renowned lecturer and mystic, Rabbi Dr. Laibl Wolf on … more

It comes as no surprise to me that more European countries are trying to make life difficult for Jews in various ways. But how should we react? Is it worth fighting prejudice? Should this be an issue … more