A new initiative from Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies (GPATS) will provide opportunities for local high school girls to engage in high-level Judaic studies … more

Mazal tov to HAFTR second graders on receiving their first chumash, the book of Genesis. At right, students performed songs that highlighted their love of Torah. Students and guests personalized … more

Fifth graders at Yeshiva of South Shore celebrated a Seudas Haschalas Gemara, marking their start in Gemara learning.  The rabbeim of this year’s fifth grader class (the largest in … more

Chazal tell us that olam chesed yibaneh (the world was built through chesed). Midreshet Shalhevet strongly believes that it is important to give to those less fortunate than ourselves. The … more

It was one of the most dramatic moments so far in the five-year civil war that has torn Syria apart.  In August 2014, a man disguised with dark glasses and a hood, and known as … more

An 800-word letter was sent last week to leading ADL activists by ADL President Jonathan Greenblatt, to counter what he said was an “organized, concerted effort” to delegitimize the … more

As of Monday, Google’s automatically generated search algorithm no longer suggested the phrase “are Jews evil” to users who typed in only the words “are Jews,” the … more

British Labor Party head Jeremy Corbyn visited the former Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt during his visit to the Czech Republic. He’s pictured in a Saturday Tweet that said, … more

Readers of The Jewish Star were generous in their feedback, and the newspaper of Long Island’s Orthodox communities returned the favor. Twelve people who participated … more

Jared Kushner, wife Ivanka Trump and their three children — Arabella, 5, Joseph, 3, and 8-month-old Theodore — are planning to move from New York to Washington. … more