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An estimated 3,500 people rallied in Cedarhurst Park on May 27 to show solidarity with attack victim Joseph Borgen and to denounce the wave of anti-Jewish hate crimes across...

Part 7 of a Series By Avi Shiff In honor of Achiezer’s 13th year, we are conducting a multi-part series celebrating the various facets of this remarkable organization. For Week #7,...

We have all been horrified over the acts of anti-Semitism which we have witnessed over the last two weeks. Together with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and many other community synagogues and organizations,...

Adam L Barry Slotnick, Chief of Woodmere Fire Department on Long Island raised the Israeli Flag on their Tower Ladder to show their support for the State of Israel...

Lawrence District 15 Election Results By 5TJT Staff Lawrence School Board Trustees Heshy Blachorsky and Abel Feldhamer retained their seats for another three-year term. Blachorsky defeated Asher Matathias by 1,117 to...

This past Sunday morning, Bais Tefila of Inwood (BTI), together with their rov, Rabbi Pinchus Weinberger, hosted the Tefillin Awareness Project, also known as Hanacha K'halacha. Their goal is to ensure that...

In Loving Memory Of Binyamin Zwickler, z’l By Yochanan Gordon There were a number of items on my radar to write about this week, but G-d ordained that I write about...

Part 5 of a Series By Avi Shiff In honor of Achiezer’s 13th year, we are conducting a multi-part series celebrating the various facets of this remarkable organization. For week...

Today, Senator Todd Kaminsky met with Five Towns school leaders and activists from Orthodox Union's TeachNYS to express their appreciation for the record STEM funding Kaminsky helped secure for...