An About-Face
By Hannah Reich Berman I was young when Joan Rivers made her first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. At the time, it didn’t occur to me that I was young. I was 22 years old and had two children....
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Chabad 5T Kicks Into High Gear
September began with a bang at Chabad of the Five Towns in Cedarhurst. A Labor Day barbecue let families catch up and children play amongst the games, crafts, and inflatables. Youth club signup has...
View ArticleTreif Weddings?
Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman What would you say if you were informed that “treif” has been served at thousands of Orthodox Jewish weddings for the past decade or more? It is likely that you...
View ArticleThe In-Law Complex
By Doni Joszef If you happen to have a spouse, and your spouse happens to have parents, then you happen to have in-laws. You’re not alone. It’s kinda what happens when you get married, and it’s kinda...
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The Good-Food Dudes
Rabbi Eli Popack and Yuda Schlass Food preparation, in this era of a new kosher cookbook being published almost every month, has become an art form. Yuda Schlass’s newest endeavor is more proof of that...
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Sotloff’s Hidden Jewish Heritage
Steven Sotloff Steven Sotloff, the 31-year-old journalist who was beheaded this week by the jihadist group ISIS, was a dual American-Israeli citizen and studied in Israel, Israel’s Foreign Ministry...
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Where The Money Goes
Yair Lapid By Larry Gordon Leftist elected officials in Israel have had a thing for chareidi Jews for a long time. Last year, however, when a secularist like Yesh Atid’s Yair Lapid joined with Bayit...
View ArticleMINDBIZ
By Esther Mann, LCSW Dear Esther, I suppose you could say that I have a good life. My children are older and doing well. My husband is a good guy who is all-around nice and lets me do whatever I want....
View ArticleWhy You Need A Professional Management Company
By Shia Getter Using a management company is like taking insurance. You pay several hundred dollars a year, hoping never to need it. But if a problem does arise, the small annual fees you paid easily...
View Article5 Towns Dating Forum
Question I have been dating someone for about a year. We are both still in college, but we have been dating seriously and talking about marriage all the time. All of a sudden, he told me that I’ve been...
View ArticleMy Way
By Hannah Reich Berman In high school, a few of my close friends participated in glee club, so I decided to try out. Anyone who has ever heard me sing will understand why I was rejected. Crushed (but...
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Middos Shine Brightly With Aaron’s Way
Aaron’s Way prize winner at Camp Munk By Liba Lieberman The precious neshamah of Aaron Shalom Tepfer, a’h, who was niftar at the end of last summer after completing fifth grade, continued to watch over...
View ArticleAn Old Friend
By Irwin Benjamin Last week my wife received a call from a Mose Chaimowitz, who said he was a childhood friend of mine, asking for my cell number. He called and we spoke. Now, although I had not seen...
View Articleעת לבכות A Time To Cry
By Rav Aryeh Z. Ginzberg Chofetz Chaim Torah Center With the summer season behind us, the turning of the pages of the calendar reminds us of the approaching Yemei HaDin, and we look forward to things...
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Men In Black
B Y L A R R Y G O R D O N This is the time of year when the number of people arriving in New York from Israel to collect money dramatically increases. It is the Hebrew month of Elul, which leads up...
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Shemittah: An Overview
Halachic Musings Rabbi Shmuel Bloomof Keren Hashviis By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Many people are busy sending their children to seminary and yeshiva in Israel for the year, and some look forward to visiting...
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Freeze The Peace
Yigal Bibi By Larry Gordon It is clear that every reasonable person involved in the deteriorating conditions in the Middle East prefers that peace prevail over the current situation. But by now, astute...
View ArticleShofar Of The Deaf
By Daniel Feldman As a child, I spent many Rosh Hashanah services sitting next to my father in the synagogue and acting as his “middle ear.” That’s a term I made up, meaning that those who play the...
View Article‘Eis Lischok’: A Time To Laugh
By Rav Aryeh Z. Ginzberg Chofetz Chaim Torah Center Last week’s article was titled “Eis Livkos: A Time to Cry”; it focused on our lack of ability to cry when confronted with so many heart-rending...
View ArticleJay’s Picks
California: • Baron Herzog Pink Pinot Grigio—lively, with a touch of sweetness. • Baron Herzog Pinot Noir—light elegant red, amenable with a wide variety of dishes. • Herzog Basin Vineyards, Limited...
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