Thanks to the Great Neck Park District Supervisors, Orthodox Jewish residents of Great Neck and surrounding areas are now able to participate in the Great Neck Bruins Travel Hockey Team. more

Rambam hockey activity and HANC greets an author more

Happenings at Shulamith, Shalhevet, Rambam and Kulanu on the Jewish Star's schools page. more

Sexual abuse of minors has for many years been among the most controversial and suppressed issues in the Jewish community. An inaugural conference in Israel next month will, at the very least, contribute to the conversation on that issue. more

I received an invitation to a Purim costume party with a “historical figure theme” a few weeks ago. I love costume parties —until I actually have to come up with a costume. So I tried to come up with some creative ideas. more

When former New York Times reporter Leslie Maitland first heard that Amy Adams would be in “American Hustle,” she smiled, thinking the actress would portray her. more

“Who gives snow like flakes of wool, Who scatters frost like ashes. … Who casts forth His ice like lumps — who can stand before His cold?” (Psalms 147:16-17) Yes, there is a spiritual message to the snow we have been experiencing in such excess. My interest in this matter was peaked recently by Rabbi Dr. Martin Cohen of Shelter Rock in an essay he wrote concerning snow referencing his favorite Kapital Tehillim, Psalm 147. more

Moshe saw all the work, and behold they had done it. Just as G-d commanded, so they did. And Moshe blessed them.” more

I couldn’t help myself; a huge grin spread across my face, and I felt like dancing, and then that one terrible word escaped, the one I still remember: “Todah.” (“Thank you.”) I could tell I was in trouble as soon as the words left my lips; his eyes changed first, then his entire face, and then the glare we all feared, the one that meant you were about to get a serious work-out. more

THURSDAY FEB. 27 LUNCH & LEARN with Rabbi Shalom Ax- elrod of YI Woodmere. Traditions Restaurant, 302 Central Ave., Lawrence. 12:30-1:30 pm. $12 lunch. Alan Stern 516-398-3094. YU JOB FAIR. 6 to 9 pm, Yeshiva University Wilf Campus, 500 W. 185 St., Manhattan. 212-960-5292. more