For a complete listing of upcoming community events, including items that didn’t make it into the print edition, go to www.thejewishstar.com. Cedarhurst- The JCC of the Greater Five Towns … more

Protests planned next week in Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan By Michael Orbach Special to the web on Sept 17, 2009 / 28 Elul 5769 A fundamentalist church from Topeka, Kansas … more

By Etta Chinskey Tickling Leo is a powerful film about the aftermath of the terrible choices Jews were forced to make during the Holocaust. It follows a family whose complicity in Rudolph … more

  by Michael orbach In July, President Barack Obama hosted fifteen Jewish leaders in the Roosevelt room of the White House. A picture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt hung over the … more

Well, it’s been a year now since we last prayed for a year of peace, prosperity and blessing. And by all measures, it has been a most difficult and troubling year. The forces of good are still … more

Life is funny. Some of the most optimistic and positive people I have met and interviewed are people who have lost everything, yet are able to pick up the pieces of life and shine light into other … more

By Shmuly Yanklowitz hen the Obama administration announced that it would prioritize health care reform and seek to propel America toward a sustainable system of universal health care, I … more

Recently, the national media was drawn to the story of Jaycee Dugard, the victim of a decades-long kidnapping. But in a story-behind-the-story, the NY Times reported that although Jaycee … more

With the Days of Judgment upon us, it's appropriate that we awaken unpleasant memories of recent events in the hope that by so doing we will undertake to better ourselves in the future. This … more

By Rabbi Avi Billet Issue of September 18, 2009/ 29 Elul 5769 Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik recounted a personal episode that took place shortly after his wife passed away. As the rain … more