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OU & Teach Coalition Help Launch New National Fund to Make Jewish Education More Affordable
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (430+ words) The Orthodox Union and Teach Coalition are joining with leading Jewish organizations across the country to launch The Opportunity Fund for Jewish Education, a new national effort aimed at bringing potentially significant new scholarship dollars to Jewish day schools and…...
Caroline Shinkle is Ready to Take on Antisemitism & The DSA in Congress This November
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (317+ words) What happens in Manhattan now walks into our classrooms, our WhatsApp chats, and our Shabbos tables. Jews get jumped leaving shul. Synagogues get surrounded. Jewish kids get harassed in public schools. The mayor of New York spent years calling Israel’s…...
Rav Asher Weiss Shlita: Thoughts on Rosh Hashana on Shabbos
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (263+ words) Rav Asher Weiss discusses the spiritual significance of Rosh Hashanah occurring on Shabbos. Throughout his talk, he explores why this combination is historically significant and how it impacts the nature of the coming year. Quoting Rabbi Ettlinger, R’ Weiss notes…...
R' Efraim Stauber, LPC: Why Doesn???t What I Know Change How I Feel?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (160+ words) Why Doesn’t What I Know Change How I Feel? Closing the Gap Between the Torah We Believe and the Way, We Actually Experience Ourselves, Our Relationships, and Hashem Rabbi Efraim Stauber, LPC On Let’s Get real with Coach Menachem. Why…...
Assemblyman Ari Brown: Open Letter to Community Regarding "Hateful Rants" Directed at PPL Staff
1+ week, 5+ day ago (200+ words) By 5 Towns Central Staff CEDARHURST, NY(Sep, 1 2026) — “I have become aware of a message circulating on WhatsApp regarding the upcoming Peninsula Public Library Board meeting, including the troubling claim that those who spoke out at the last meeting engaged in…...
As Jewish as a Ham Sandwich: Ben Shapiro, Chabad, & What It Means to Be Jewish
1+ week, 6+ day ago (606+ words) By: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg A fascinating debate broke out online last week over a question that sounds semantic but is actually profound. Though it wasn’t framed this way, to me, the question being debated was essentially: is there a difference…...
Rep. Randy Fine Receives Standing Ovation at RJC Summit, Declares:???Those Who Fight???
1+ week, 6+ day ago (99+ words) Rep. Randy Fine Receives Standing Ovation at RJC Summit, Declares: “Those Who Fight” 5 Towns Central Congressman Randy Fine, “the Hebrew Hammer,” received a thunderous standing ovation at the RJC Leadership Summit in Las Vegas: “In the 1930s, there were only two…...
A Decades-Long Pursuit of Justice and Closure: Reflecting on the Case of Israel Greenwald Z"L
3+ week, 4+ day ago (281+ words) 5 Towns Central By 5 Towns Central Staff LAWRENCE, N.Y. (Aug. 19, 2026) — A poignant personal encounter has brought renewed focus to one of the area’s most harrowing and enduring sagas of family loss, systemic corruption, and the relentless search for truth. Community advocate & blogger…...
Op-Ed: How Can This Savage Still be Free? 25 Years After The Sbarro Bombing
3+ week, 5+ day ago (542+ words) By: Arnold Roth, Jerusalem Israel During the first week of August, the Jewish world paused to remember one of the deadliest attacks of the Second Intifada. Twenty-five years have passed since the Hamas-directed massacre at Jerusalem’s Sbarro pizzeria. For my…...
Jake Turx Proposes "$8 Billion" Aliyah Vision for Orthodox Jewish Communities in Israel
3+ week, 6+ day ago (218+ words) By 5 Towns Central Staff JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (August 18, 2026) Jake Turx is a senior White House correspondent and a prominent Jewish journalist known for his coverage of the Trump administration and U.S. politics. In a recent proposal, Turx outlined what he believes could…...