Manhattan Day School held its 74th Annual Scholarship Dinner on April 2.  “We witnessed an incredible outpouring of love, gratitude and good wishes for Rabbi Mordechai Besser as we … more

Sixth graders at the Shulamith School for Girls in Cedarhurst worked on a collaborative project in English and Social studies class, which culminated in an Egypt Fair. Each girl was given a topic … more

At first glance, The New York Times’ hiring of another white, Jewish male opinion-page columnist is anything but news. But the arrival of Bret Stephens, formerly the foreign affairs … more

Two students at Yeshiva Har Torah students in Little Neck — sixth grader Eden Eini and seventh grader, Zachary Kalker — have qualified as National Finalists for the Chidon HaTanach, an … more

Human history is filled to the chronological brim with episodes of a welcome peace, and bloody wars. Each has its reason for existence and each fills the pages of history with murder and heroism, … more

Village of Woodsburgh resident David Friedman was formally sworn in last Wednesday as U.S. ambassador to Israel, by Vice President Mike Pence, with Friedman’s wife, Tammy Sand, holding the book … more

After honing their Israel advocacy skills at last week’s AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, students from a number of New York area day schools spent Wednesday on Capitol Hill lobbying … more

Rabbi Aryeh Lightstone, a longtime official in U.S. Orthodox Jewish organizations, will advise David Friedman, the just installed U.S. ambassador to Israel, the Jerusalem Post reported on … more

An educator writing an article about Pesach should be a simple task, as the entire Seder is designed in a question-and-answer format, to stimulate the interest and inquisitiveness of the children. … more

The Jewish Star has rachmones for Judy, who catered an event last weekend and then faced the Task. So we gave her the week off and are reprinting a pre-Pesach column from 2013. I might as … more