Maintaining Amenities
By Anessa V. Cohen Apartments in Manhattan are expensive; that’s a given. So many factors must be considered in order to determine the value of an apartment, but for purposes of this article I’ll...
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By Esther Rapaport Chapter 3 Part II She turned to the secretary’s desk. “Good morning, Miri. What’s doing?” “Oh, good morning!” The secretary raised her eyes in surprise. “I mean, it’s almost ‘good...
View ArticleEl Al Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Sub-Zero Temperatures In Canada
An El Al flight from New York to Tel Aviv made an unexpected stop in Canada on Sunday night when technical difficulties forced the Boeing 747 jet to land in Goose Bay in the province of Newfoundland...
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Grounded, But Flying High
MK Rabbi Meir Porush A typical 10–12-hour flight to Eretz Yisrael is long enough to make any passenger impatient and fidgety. This past Sunday, passengers on El Al flight LY008 spent more than a full...
View ArticleOff The Derech Children: Embrace Or Shun?
Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman It is a controversial publication authored by two dayanim from the Satmar community, Rav Getzel Berkowitz, shlita, of Kiryas Yoel, and Rav Avrohom Tzvi Vosner,...
View ArticleThe Song Of Chana
By R’ Nison Gordon, z’l Translated by P. Samuels The following is a translation of the final installment of a series of articles written by R’ Nison Gordon, z’l, based on his interview of the...
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Eat To Lose
By Larry Gordon Tanya Rosen says that I can still eat my favorite foods and lose weight, and I am about to take her up on that challenge. Tanya and her assistant Basya were in our offices last week to...
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A Simcha And A Surprise
By Shmuel Katz Shmuel Katz with Gidon Kadry As many of you know, this has been quite a year for the Katz family. It’s been a little over a year since the first engagement in our family, but in the last...
View ArticleCommon Failure
By Larry Gordon We have turned the calendar page on the New Year which is, at least emotionally, somewhat similar to reaching the apex or the turning point of one of those Coney Island roller-coaster...
View ArticleCareer Spotlight: Social Work
By Elisheva Schlam Social work is a career that attracts college grads and middle-aged returnees to the workforce alike. If you’re thinking of becoming a social worker, you are likely interested in...
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By Esther Rapaport Chapter 3 Part III There was no more privacy or tranquility between its walls. What had Elka done there? Shown Dovi and Naomi’s notes to Noa? Had they rummaged around in her drawers?...
View ArticleL’Oreal Model Steps Down After Anti-Israel Tweets Uncovered
By Amy Spiro A woman who appeared in a recent L’Oreal UK ad campaign for hair care products has stepped down after she received criticism for a series of anti-Israel tweets in 2014. Writing on Twitter...
View ArticleCan’t Put A Price On It
By Shmuel Katz If you have children living here in Israel, or perhaps in yeshiva or seminary or in the army or sheirut leumi, you are already aware of how incredibly strong the Israeli economy has been...
View ArticleEliminating The Stigma Of Mental Illness Can Prolong Marriages
By Esther M. Schonfeld “Half of all marriages end in divorce—and then there are the really unhappy ones.” —Joan Rivers One vexing question we are often asked is, “Why are there so many divorces in the...
View ArticleA Squirrelly Tale
Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman It was a bizarre appearance. In front of the aron kodesh in the local kollel, there was a silvery brown mink-like fur piece protruding upward from the bottom of...
View ArticleChildren Perceive The Truth
By Yochanan Gordon Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s commutation, just about a month ago, elicited a sense of common purpose and unified many sects across world Jewry like no other as far as I can remember....
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A Cultural Divide
By By Larry Gordon Meir Levy, Yoeli Steinberg, and Shloime Dachs The event took place in the epicenter of what can conceivably be referred to as the shidduch headquarters, if there is such a thing. It...
View ArticleIt Takes a Universe: Tackling Addiction
By Zvi Gluck It should come as no surprise that I was one of many who applauded Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement last week that his 2019 budget included mechanisms to combat opioid addiction. In...
View ArticleVice Presidential Truth
By Larry Gordon It was good to finally see a Middle East reporter from a major news network reporting on Jerusalem from Jerusalem the other day. While this might be a small and innocuous observation,...
View ArticleMindBiz
Work In Progress By Esther Mann, LCSW Dear Esther, Throughout my marriage I have worked, usually three days a week, though at times more. I always felt the obligation to contribute to our bottom line....
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