OSTREICHER AND POLLARD
By Larry Gordon - Jacob Ostreicher and Jonathan Pollard probably have very little in common. That was up until a few days or maybe weeks ago when both needed the same thing. And that was and for...
View ArticleThe Philosophical Quest: Inaugural Volume Of The English-Language RIETS...
Yeshiva University affiliate Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Rabbinical Theological Seminary (RIETS) will be launching its English-language hashkafah (Jewish philosophy) series with the publication of Rabbi J....
View ArticleYU Receives $100,000 Grant For Zionism And Begin Legacy Programming
Yeshiva University’s Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought received a $100,000 grant from the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem to sponsor a series of programs on...
View ArticleToo Little Information
By Rabbi Avi Shafran At the sheva berachos festivities this past summer for the marriage of our youngest daughter, my wife and I heard many wonderful things about our newest son-in-law. Friends and...
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A Historic Snowstorm In Jerusalem
The Year In Israel By Max Fruchter I remember the shock I felt when I first saw the picture of a snowflake on my iPod designated for the upcoming Thursday and Friday. This tiny image on the Apple...
View ArticlePicture Perfect
By Doni Joszef Another day, another scroll through the captured moments and glorious going-ons of others. A glitzy wedding. An exotic resort. A family outing. A drunken “selfie.” These are the scenes...
View ArticleClose Quarters
By Mordechai Schmutter We’re in the market for a new house. It doesn’t actually have to be new, just new to us. Our current house isn’t tiny, but our kids keep getting bigger, and our house does not....
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A Five Towns Simcha
Photo by Tzivia Ross Mazal tov to Nathan Goltsman of Phoenix, Arizona, and Chava Ross of Woodmere on their engagement!
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Portraits Of Survival At The JCC
On Thursday, December 5, dozens of Holocaust survivors and their families were honored at a luncheon featuring an exhibit of survivors’ portraits by famed photographer and artist George Bogart, himself...
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Congress Honors Sephardic Jewry
Yehuda Azoulay, Representative Michele Bachmann, Maurice Shohet, Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie, Raymond Saka,Jacob Abecassis, Daniel Harari, and Ezra Friedlander By Ezra Friedlander On November 20, Congress...
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Bikur Cholim Of Far Rockaway And The Five Towns Holds 32nd Annual Brunch
Dr. Markowitz of St. John’s Hospital By Liba Lieberman The long and impressive history of the Bikur Cholim of Far Rockaway and the Five Towns is honored every year as women from a broad spectrum of the...
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Popping the cork on 2014!
By Debbie Sion and Anna Harwood - Everyone knows that New Year’s Eve is not complete without popping open a bottle of bubbly. With more kosher options than ever before, this year’s party promises to go...
View ArticleHeard In The Bagel Store – A Thinking Jew
By Larry Gordon It seems that life and the events that are packed or jammed into the experience happen so fast that it is sometimes difficult to take that important step back and think, reflect on...
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What I Did With My Shidduch List
By Goldy Krantz Gruber – December 19th, 2013 Many know me as Goldy Krantz, the funny satirical writer of dates gone bad/awry. That’s true. But I was still Goldy Krantz, the 33-year-old woman who had...
View ArticleJOY TO THE WORLD
By Larry Gordon President Obama attended a religious service at a military base chapel in Hawaii for Christmas. His spokespeople say that the President and his family will spend the day observing in a...
View ArticleOne of the strong concerns I hear from seminary students is “How do you talk...
Question I am a 32-year-old guy, raised Modern Orthodox, and I guess you can say I lean towards being machmir. I have gone through all the systems in dating: shadchanim, events, websites—you name it. I...
View ArticleMindBiz: Let him know that when you ask for the compliment, you are now ready...
Dear Jennifer, Over the last two years, I have lost a lot of weight. I made a decision two years ago that I could not live with myself anymore being morbidly obese, and I went to a nutritionist and...
View ArticleTrust in Leadership
By Yochanan Gordon The Torah on all levels is explicit regarding the importance of sound leadership within Klal Yisrael. We are constantly invoking the merit of our forefathers, Moshe Rabbenu and other...
View Articleletters to THE EDITOR
A Public Thank-You Dear Editor, We would like to express our tremendous gratitude to the community for the gracious and unparalleled kindness they have shown us during these last couple of weeks after...
View ArticleDemystifying Dyslexia, December 29
Do you have a child in your class or family who is struggling to read? Dyslexia is often a gift in disguise. Most children with dyslexia have above-average intelligence and high creativity. Their...
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