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We are again at a crossroads. Both in the Jewish calendar, entering into Yom Kippur, where life and death decisions will be made, and in the world of COVID-19, with a disconcerting continuing rise in … more

By Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD | 9/25/20

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivers his message for the Iranian New Year, or Nowruz, in Tehran on March 20.

After virus, what’s ahead for troublesome Iran?

Iran by its own accounting is the fifth-ranked among nations in coronavirus fatalities. Outside experts say the rate is likely much higher. The confluence of hard-hitting … more

Analysis by Ron Kampeas, JTA | 4/1/20

Facebook poster of anti-Glatt letter ask mechilah.

With permission from Rabbi Glatt I am sharing this. I sent Rabbi Glatt this message right after Shabbat. ___________________ Dear Rabbi Glatt, I want to apologize and ask for mechilah … more

9/27/20

Humility supplants hubris as Israel goes into hibernation

My wife’s father’s cousin, Larry, a man I knew and who hosted one of our Sheva Brachot, died this past Friday. A music teacher all his life, Larry succumbed to COVID-19 at the age of … more

By Yishai Fleisher | 4/1/20

Conceptual illustration of the coronavirus as if it were observed from a microscope.

5 Towns rabbis emphasize: NO GUESTS FOR PESACH. None.

Many of us are asking ourselves a new question this year: "Why is this Pesach different from all other Pesachs?" more

4/2/20

You haven’t lived through enough? If 99 percent of doctors say take the shot, we take the shot. What’s the shayla over here? Are we playing games? —Rabbi Yaakov Bender, Rosh HaYeshiva, Yeshiva Darchei Torah

On The Jewish Star’s cover for Rosh Hashana, 13 rabbis from the Five Towns and Far Rockaway each say a few words meant to encourage members of their shuls and the entire community to get vaccinated now. … more

Published as a community service by The Jewish Star. G’mar Chatima Tova. | 9/9/21

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway.

St. John's treats and discharges 120 COVID-19 patients

Within a month’s time, more than 120 COVID-19 patients have been successfully treated and discharged from St. John’s … more

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital | 4/7/20

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt speaking at the Young Israel of Woodmere.

Rabbi Dr. Glatt says it again: No minyan, no how

Step away from the minyan! Rabbi Dr. Aaron E. Glatt, M.D., reiterated that warning in an interview published on Sunday by Hamodia. Rabbi … more

The Jewish Star | 4/12/20

An ambulance that was contributed by American Friends of Magen David Adom in Israel responds during the coronavirus crisis.

Israel’s death count tops 1,000

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Israel rose to 10,878, the government reported on Sunday, with 103 fatalities as a result of COVID-19. Of those hospitalized, 174 were … more

Israel Hayom | 4/12/20

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman davens at the Kotel on Sunday.

Friedman among 10 at Kotel for birkat kohanim

The Kotel hosted the traditional Pesach priestly blessing service on Sunday, but unlike in previous years when the plaza's been jam-packed with worshippers, the service was kept to an absolute … more

Israel Hayom | 4/12/20