Please Pick Pebbies
What to buy, how much to spend, and how much to save are decisions we make every day. My dad always got enjoyment from picking pennies up off the floor. He stressed that these pennies add up, if only a...
View ArticleNight Flower
By Esther Rapaport Chapter 4 Part II “You need me to have your kids over on Tuesday afternoon?” Tamar was full of goodwill. “Sure, no problem. My boys will bring Dovi home, and Naomi can come back with...
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News From The Hills
By Chanita Teitz Last week’s column was for sellers and this week I’m writing for buyers. When I sit down and speak with first-time buyers, there are a few important points that I emphasize to them....
View ArticleI Know A Guy, Inc.: Building The Community With Excellence, Integrity, And...
By Rochelle Maruch Miller I Know A Guy, Inc. is a community treasure. That Avi Ackerman, the company’s personable founder and owner, and IKAG have become an integral part of the fabric of the Five...
View ArticleErdan, Shaked Call For Calm After Police Recommendations
By Lahav Harkov Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, whose portfolios touch directly on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s investigations, called for the public to...
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The Right View
Auschwitz: A Tale Of Two Albums By Dr. Alex Sternberg Wedding picture 1947 Marton and Olga Sternberg in the Orthodox Synagoguein Budapest On January 27, 1945, 73 years ago, Soviet forces entered the...
View ArticleMedical Awareness In Halachah
Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Recently, a tragic loss affected the Five Towns and Far Rockaway community with the loss of a wonderful and remarkable person, Rabbi Yehuda Harbater, z’l. Rabbi...
View ArticleThe Long Goodbye
By Larry Gordon This past Monday was the end of the 11th month since my mom passed away. After reciting Kaddish at Minchah on Monday afternoon, that was it—no more. The beginning and end of the Kaddish...
View ArticleRabbi Gilbert Klaperman, z’l An Appreciation
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman This week, the Five Towns community lost an outstanding individual. Rabbi Gilbert Klaperman, z’l, 96, was a remarkable man who came of age during World War II. Rabbi Klaperman, as...
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Our Tuition Crisis
By Larry Gordon Annie Watman, the Grassroots Engagement Director of Teach NYS, said on our Saturday night radio broadcast on AM970 that because of the spiraling cost of yeshiva tuition, young Orthodox...
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