From the Editor
In response to last week’s column that wondered how supporters of Israel can support a two-state solution that creates a Palestinian state in Israel’s heartland while at the same...
Be Prepared: Five Towns Event Delivers Security Guidance
Community leaders and citizens from across the Five Towns gathered on Wednesday night, December 11, at the Lawrence Yacht and Country Club to hear from Frank Storch, a security...
YOSS Celebrates Haschalas Gemara
This past Thursday was not an ordinary day in YOSS. Instead of spending the legal holiday as a day off from work, fathers and grandfathers of the fifth grade...
Rabbi Eli Biegeleisen Installed as Rabbi of the Lido Beach Synagogue
Rabbi Eli Biegeleisen was installed as the spiritual leader and Mara D’atra of the Lido Beach Synagogue, Congregation Etz Chaim, located at 1 Fairway Road in Lido Beach, N.Y.,...
Builder of Bet El, Philanthropist Jean Gluck Dies
Jean (Gita) Gluck of Forest Hills, NY passed away, leaving behind her husband Eugen Gluck, and children Rosie Friedman, Sidney Gluck, and Barbara Weichselbaum, and dozens of grandchildren.
U.S. Ambassador...
Middle School Basketball
By Judah Rhine
Yeshivah of Flatbush versus HAFTR
On Thursday, February 15, the first-place Flatbush Falcons 7th-grade basketball team traveled to HAFTR for their final regular-season game. The Falcons were coming off...
From the Editor: Take Time Out to Vote on Tuesday, May 21
There is an election in the Five Towns next Tuesday, and for those who have either moved into the area over the last decade or maybe have been distracted,...
5T-FR Ladies & Lattes Holds COVID-Avoidant Drive-Thru Event
The volunteers of the Five Towns and Far Rockaway’s Ladies and Lattes division are on a mission: let’s keep these events going! The volunteers had their work cut out...
New YCQ Torah to be Dedicated to Adeena Paknoush
By N. Aaron Troodler
Adeena Paknoush was known at the Yeshiva of Central Queens (YCQ) as a good student who had a kind and joyful disposition. She exemplified what it...
Zalman Hagler, Abe Peller Run for West Hempstead School Board
Abraham Peller and Zalman Hagler want to add diversity to the West Hempstead School Board. As successful members of the community, they are advocating for the best interests of...
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Houthi ballistic missile triggers sirens in Judean foothills
JNS Staff
(Dec. 1, 2024 / JNS)
A ballistic missile launched from Yemen triggered sirens in the Judean foothills on Sunday morning. The missile was intercepted before...
IAF attacks terror targets along Syria-Lebanon border
(Nov. 30, 2024 / JNS)
Israeli Air Force jets on Saturday attacked terrorist infrastructure along the Syria-Lebanon border that Hezbollah was “actively using” to smuggle arms.
“The...
Emirati official visits shiva in Israel for Chabad rabbi
Izzy Salant
(Nov. 29, 2024 / JNS)
Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, a senior member of the Emirati Federal National Council and chairman of its committee on defense,...