By Mayer Fertig Issue of November 20, 2009/ 3 Cheshvan 5770 Talk about Jewish Time: I was two-and-a-half-hours late to the closing banquet of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch … more

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Parshat Chayei Sara by Rabbi Avi Billet Issue of November 13/ 26 Cheshvan 5770 Take a careful look at Bereishit 24:67. “And Yitzchak brought Rivka to his mother’s tent. He took … more

By The Jewish Star Staff Issue of November 13 2009/ 26 Cheshvan 5770 Long Island Rail Road commuters at the Lawrence station early Tuesday came face to face with crude social commentary … more

by Michael J. Salamon Issue of November 13 2009/ 26 Cheshvan 5770 Early one Shabbos not that many years ago, a car accident took place just outside a shul. The 300-family congregation had … more

From the other side of the bench by David Seidemann Issue of November 13 2009/ 26 Cheshvan 5770 The following conversation did not take place although I wish it had. It is not meant to … more

By Michael Fragin Issue of November 13 2009/ 26 Cheshvan 5770 Politics is a cyclical business. Five short years ago, in 2004, Karl Rove spoke of a realignment in American politics in which he … more

Issue of November 13 2009/ 26 Cheshvan 5770 A fresh start To the Editor: Our community voted to start fresh last Tuesday night. I can not thank the homeowners and working families of the … more

By Eileen Goltz Issue of November 13, 2009/ 26 Cheshvan 5770 Ah, the rains of fall. The drenching, sometimes bone-numbingly cold weather makes me long to curl up with a nice big dish of my … more

By The Jewish Star Staff Issue of November 13 2009/ 26 Cheshvan 5770 Die-hard New York Mets fans have one thing to be proud of this year: the Mets' new ballpark will be the site of the Hebron … more