Issue of Dec. 25, 2009 / 8 Tevet 5769 Dear That’s Life, I am the self-declared Queen of Chelm and will forever reign. And just when I think things are becoming normal and nothing else … more

Issue of Dec. 25, 2009 / 8 Tevet 5769 Woodmere - Five Towns Kollel Yom Rishon will be hosting Rabbi J. J. Shachter of Yeshiva University on Sunday, December 27th at 10 a.m. The Kollel takes place … more

Issue of Dec. 25, 2009 / 8 Tevet 5769 Thanks for Chanukah To the Editor: I am writing this letter on behalf of the residents at Woodmere Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. I would … more

By Michael Orbach Issue of Dec. 25, 2009 / 8 Tevet 5770 With the public revelation of Orthodox conversion guru Rabbi Leib Tropper as a caught-on-tape predator, the Orthodox Jewish community … more

Click here for the print edition of The Jewish Star for 12-25-09 more

Rambam administrator, students will fight decision By Mayer Fertig Issue of December 18, 2009/ 1 Tevet 5770 Nazi war criminal Jakiw Palij will remain in Queens for at least a while longer … more

Issue of December 18, 2009/ 1 Tevet 5770 Talented composer and local rebbe Yitzy Bald introduced his eponymous Yitzy Bald Boys Choir, at left, at the CAHAL-TOVA joint fund raising concert at … more

A review of “The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany” by Dr. Susannah Heschel By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of December 18, 2009/ 1 Tevet 5770 The provocative … more

By The Jewish Star staff Issue of December 18, 2009/ 1 Tevet 5770 A trip to Israel as a guest of the Aliyah organization Nefesh B’Nefesh is another first for Shomer Shabbos boxing champ Dmitriy … more

By The Jewish Star Staff Issue of December 18, 2009/ 1 Tevet 5770 The Maccabees may have only had one night's worth of oil, but the Chabad of Buckhurst Hill in England has enough whiskey in their … more