For the past several years I have been growing my blonde hair and, like countless others, I made the decision to donate it to a worthy cause. The cause I am speaking of is specifically the creation of human hair wigs. more

Over one hundred thousand people will line the parade route from fifty –ninth to seventy-ninth streets this Sunday as they join the Celebrate Israel parade. Thousands of Israeli flags will be waved enthusiastically by young and old alike. more

On Wednesday, May 23, the Five Towns & Greater South Shore Inaugural Community Event to benefit the soldiers of the IDF was held at the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst. more

Knesset Deputy Speaker MK Danny Danon (3rd from right) will, once again, be the special guest speaker at the Carl Freyer Tribute 19th Annual Dr. Manfred R. Lehmann Memorial Israel Day Concert, this Sunday, June 3, 2012, from 2:30-7:30 PM, at Central Park’s SummerStage (enter at 5th Ave. & 72nd St.), rain or shine, free admission, after the Salute to Israel Parade. more

Several HAFTR eighth grade students spent much of the year taking part in a unique and incredible program, entitled Names Not Numbers. more

This past week witnessed two events that brought the Talmud into central focus, one positive, the other negative. First, we have the positive, which involved the first publication of an English translation and commentary of the first volume of the Talmud in the Land of Israel. more

I find the vitriol directed against the Citifield asifa not only to be unfounded but downright offensive. Yes, the internet is an inescapable part of our modern world, but to be inattentive to the enormous dangers that lurk in this medium is naive and foolhardy. more

Winston Smith, the main character in Orwell’s novel 1984, worked for the Ministry of Truth, an enormous building made of pristine white concrete which housed over 3000 rooms. On the outside wall are the three slogans of the ruling party: “WAR IS PEACE,” “FREEDOM IS SLAVERY,” “IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” more

Given the extraordinary threat that Israel faces from her neighbors, we were shocked to read in the New York Times this week that one of the candidates for New York’s 6th Congressional District, Council Member Elizabeth Crowley, called Israel “a distraction.” more

Just days after the holiday of Shavuot and the reading of Megilat Ruth with its emphasis on chesed (kindness) and the agricultural mitzvah of leaving peah, leket and shikcha for the needy in the fields of Israel, another reality of the agricultural tie of need and charity comes to the Five Towns from Israel this weekend. more