This week, Manhattan High School for Girls was filled to the brim with special and exciting events! Amazingly enough, MHS had its first-ever blood drive. From April 29th through May 1st, eleventh and twelfth graders went to the Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital nearby to donate blood. more

It was the month of Elul, and the Ba`al Shem Tov hesitated before the evening prayers. He had a serious look on his face. His Chasidim patiently waited for him to begin. When he finally smiled, and the prayers were recited, he turned to his congregation and explained the reason for the delay. more

Last week’s parsha showcases the bond between Yosef Ha-Tzadik (Joseph the just one) and Yisrael Sava (Israel the elder) who is also our zeida (grandfather) Ya’akov. This inspiring story of the special relationship of grandfather to grandchildren, prompted the great Yosef of our time, Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik, zt”l, to write an eloquent and learned teaching reflecting upon the first relationship between grandfather and grandsons as recorded in the Bible, that being between Jacob and Ephraim and Menashe. more

Kindergarten students at HANC’s Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School, in West Hempstead, had a wonderful trip to the Long Island Children’s Museum. more

Valedictorian Chaya Wertman spent the summer after 11th grade as an intern in the Einstein School of Medicine researching autism and longevity. more

2002 — The Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach named Rabbi Samuel Kilbanoff as its spiritual leader. Rabbi Kilbanoff discussed with The Jewish Star the diverse yet close-knif Orthodox community he … more

It was an era of steel strings, guitar heroes, and storytellers — high on heroin, rebellious. Outlaw country music, the hallmark of Nashville’s powerful and angry music scene of the … more

CAHAL described its sixth annual concert — a fundraiser for its community-wide special education program — a huge success, drawing a sell-out crowd of nearly 800 last Motzei … more

Before things begin to go sour with the complaints and offensive ways of the Jewish people in the wilderness, Moshe invites his father-in-law to join the Nation of Israel, and “to be our … more

In the traditions of many Jewish holidays, there’s a poetic relationship between the festival’s culinary laws and the season’s foods. While the relationship linking Rosh Hashanah … more