In the beginning of Chapter 21, the Torah tells how an encounter with the Canaanites of the Negev concluded with the capture of a single captive – who Rashi identifies as a maidservant. more

Ask any Israeli soldier who served in the armored corps what part of his army service he hated the most, and he will answer unequivocally “tipul shvui,” the weekly tank inspection. more

An Egyptian court has sentenced a Coptic Christian man to six years in jail for “insulting Islam,” in the latest blasphemy case targeting Egyptian Christians. more

Once again, Rabbi Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere has written his congregants urging both physical and spiritual caution during the summer months. As we did last year, The Jewish Star is pleased to disseminate Rabbi Billet’s words to a wider audience. more

HAFTR hosted 300 students from 19 tri-state area Jewish high schools to showcase what they learned during two years of an Israeli high tech engineering course. more

More than 100 men and women poured into Jeffrey Resnick’s Woodmere home on Sunday in a bid to combine the inspirational power of two Jewish organizations —Partners in Torah and Birthright. more

My grandparents really knew how to cook. It seems to me that everyone born in “the Old Country” (in this case, Transylvania) was born with built-in cooking intuition. Somehow they could create the most scrumptious meals using no fancy equipment, and not even measuring spoons. more

People of all ages converged on Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park for Kulanu’s annual community fair on Sunday, raising funds for the Cedarhurst-based center for special services. more

Kathleen Rice, Nassau County’s top prosecutor, bested Kevan Abrahams, the highest-ranking Democrat in the County Legislature, in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for the 4th Congressional District seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Carolyn McCarthy. In the Republican primary, Bruce Blakeman, a former presiding officer of the County Legislature and a Port Authority of NY and NJ commissioner, defeated Frank Scaturro, a New Hyde Park attorney and former Republican staffer for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. more

The Young Israel of Woodmere is hosting a wide-ranging educational conference this Sunday, June 29, bringing together 36 rabbis, teachers, and psychologists from across the Orthodox spectrum from the U.S. and Israel. more