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There was singing, dancing, eating and award-giving at DRS’s annual Parent-Son Melave Malka on Feb. 9.

Music and dancing at Davis Renov Stahler's Parent-Son Melave Malka

The entire Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys family, rabbis, parents, and students gathered to honor the positive spirit of being Jewish at the Woodmere school’s 22nd annual Parent-Son Melave Malka on Feb. 9. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/21/19

Always increasing Jewish spirituality

We start to celebrate Hanukkah this Sunday night. Hanukkah is a unique holiday. We often say, “what is the definition of a Jewish holiday? ur enemies wanted to kill us, God saved us, let’s eat!” more

By Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim | 11/30/18

Building the future on the past’s foundation

Generally, when the Hanukkah story is told, we recall the Maccabees’ valiant struggle against external enemies. In particular, we remember their great victory over the pagan King Antiochus and the … more

Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg | 11/29/18

Rabbi Aaron Glatt, M.D., left, and Nathan Diament

The AMA should reject physician-assisted suicide

The Hippocratic Oath has been passed down through the ages because it contains some perennial wisdom: I will keep the sick from harm and injustice. I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asks for it, nor make a suggestion to this effect. more

9/21/18

Sukkahs are built in a variety of sizes and in diverse locations, but the commonality is celebrating Sukkot with family, friends and food.

Harvesting the hope for a better future

Build it and they will come. Family and friends gather in the sukkah and over food, as Jewish people remember the years that the ancient Hebrews spent in the desert on their way to Canaan after being … more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/20/18

The New York State Chaplain Task Force has a new member; Cedarhurst resident David Freedman.

Cedarhurst resident is a Jewish chaplain

Rabbi David Freedman, of Cedarhurst, received his New York State chaplain certificate on Aug. 22. He was sworn in as a Jewish chaplain with the state’s chaplain task force. more

8/30/18

The Eastern District of New York has charged Lawrence resident Mark Weissman and Rabbi Igal Haimoff, of Flushing, with extorting $7 million from an unidentified person. Above, the U.S. Courthouse in Brooklyn.

Lawrence man charged in extortion case

Mark Weissman, 54, of Lawrence and Rabbi Igal Haimoff, 67, of Flushing, were charged with attempting to extort $7 million in exchange for not providing law enforcement with purportedly incriminating evidence, according to Eastern District officials. more

By Tyler Marko | 6/19/18

Evangelisches Gymnasium Zum Grauen Kloster, a renowned Berlin high school, is part of the North American Board of Rabbis American-Jewish/German High School Youth Exchange Program.

Youth Exchange program seeking students

The 17th annual North American Board of Rabbis American-Jewish/German High School Youth Exchange Program will take place from June 24 to July in Berlin. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/11/18

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown with photos of the four men, including two Five Towns residents, who were sentenced for embezzling more than $17 million.

Hewlett resident sentenced to six months for grand larceny

Ira Kurman, 55, the former executive director of the Island Child Development Center, a government-funded facility that provided special education services to children, in Far Rockaway, was sentenced to six months in jail, five years of probation and has to pay $650,000 in restitution, after pleading guilty on March 26 to grand larceny for his role in embezzling $17 million intended for the facility. more

By Tyler Marko | 3/29/18

Rabbi Gilbert Klaperman helped to build the Orthodox Jewish community in the Five Towns.

Rabbi Gilbert Klaperman, 96

Born in Harlem, the man who founded Congregation Beth Sholom is credited with helping to build a portion of the Five Towns Jewish community was remembered during a funeral service on Feb. 14 at the Lawrence synagogue in the village where he lived. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/15/18

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