By Miriam Bradman Abrahams Issue of June 18, 2010/ 6 Tammuz 5770 You might call it ‘Author speed dating,’ a chance for people who plan events in shuls or organizations to get a quick, advance … more

Issue of June 18, 2010/ 6 Tammuz 5770 By Jewish Star Staff Representative Carolyn McCarthy is defending her record on Israel and responding to a letter to the editor published in The Jewish … more

By Malka Eisenberg Issue of June 18, 2010/ 6 Tammuz, 5770 A Jewish runners’ club in Brooklyn is planning a 125-mile overnight, nonstop relay race through New York State this summer to support … more

Issue of June 18, 2010/ 6 Tammuz, 5770 Dear Aviva, I’m a baalas t’shuva married to someone who grew up frum. I became religious in the middle of college. I took things on slowly and kept … more

The Kosher Critic By Zechariah Mehler Issue of June 18, 2010/ 6 Tammuz 5770 In the United States, it’s a rich and time-honored tradition to better convey ideas through the blending of two … more

In my view by Micah Halpern Issue of June 18, 2010/ 6 Tammuz 5770 I have been thinking quite a lot about satire lately. I was stimulated by the 9-minute web video lampooning the Turkish … more

From the other side of the bench by David Seidemann Issue of June 18, 2010/ 6 Tammuz, 5770 This past Sunday night my second daughter celebrated her bas mitzvah; a week earlier we … more

Issue of June 18, 2010/ 6 Tammuz, 5770 A few weeks ago, back when the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was just a terrible disaster and not yet a full-blown catastrophe, Dave Ross, the Seattle-based … more

Issue of June 18, 2010/ 6 Tammuz 5770 By Malka Eisenberg The Young Israel of North Woodmere has inaugurated a scholarship program to send its youngest members to Israel. “We wanted to do something … more

Issue of June 18,2010/ 6 Tammuz 5770 By Mayer Fertig Sarah is a poster child in the search for bone marrow donors. Now her own donor has been found. “She has a very good match,” confirmed … more