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Agudah Meeting Focuses On Security For Yom Tov
Leaders convened at the recent Agudath Israel security meeting By Judith Dinowitz Just days after the terrorist attacks in Chelsea, and with the Yamim Nora’im on the horizon, Agudath Israel held an...
View ArticleNetanyahu And Obama Meet In NY
By Eliran Aharon Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama met in New York on Wednesday in New York, where they came to take part in the UN General Assembly. Each opened with some...
View ArticlePraying Together As Individuals
By Rebbetzin Lisa Septimus At the beginning of each school year, children carry new books and supplies to school, along with their excitement for a new year. But they are not the only ones. Parents...
View ArticleDonations Gone Wrong
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman In the past few weeks, there have been a number of fraudulent adjustments to tzedakah checks in the Five Towns–Far Rockaway community. One check made out for $25 was altered to...
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A 9/11 That Never Ends
Nancy Morgenstern, a’h By Larry Gordon It comes and goes too quickly, our national observance of the terror attacks on New York on September 11, 2001. We observe, contemplate, and mourn the...
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Elul Musings
Rabbi Aryeh Ginzberg By Rav Aryeh Z. Ginzberg Chofetz Chaim Torah Center Every rav or mechanech usually has his eyes wide open and his antennae fully extended to ensure that even a casual observance of...
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Interesting Times
Larry Gordon and David Friedman Ambassador John Bolton, Larry Gordon, MK Ayelet Shaked,Paul Brody, and Mort Klein of the ZOA By Larry Gordon It’s known as the “Chinese curse,” but there does not seem...
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Our Table: Time-Tested Recipes, Memorable Meals
Apple–honey muffins Sweet-and-tangy spare ribs The table is where we gather to talk, to socialize, to catch up, and—most importantly—to eat! At our table is where it all comes together because it’s...
View ArticleFascinating, Frightening, Fearsome Fruits
By Michele Herenstein You can’t walk into the major fruit and grocery stores this week without seeing magnificent displays of new fruit, both for Rosh Hashanah customers and curiosity lovers. Fairways...
View ArticleThe Best Honey Cake Ever
By P. Samuels As a rule, I love to try new recipes. I have tried baking countless different brownies, Bundt cakes, and marble cakes. One cake that I stopped trying to improve on, though, is my...
View ArticleUp For Debate
By David Seidemann She performed as I expected. Hillary Clinton has her limits, and no amount of coaching or preparation can make her likable. As for her experience, Trump is correct: Most of it is bad...
View ArticleAnd Now For Some Real News
By Hannah Reich Berman Last week the public got some big news. This news, while not of any importance to us as a nation, was nevertheless very interesting. What we learned was a refreshing change from...
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Whole-Wheat Heartbreak
Kiss The Kosher Cook By Malkie Hirsch Sunday is a busy day around here. Long gone are the days when Moshe and I would wake up late and maybe decide to cross some errands off the list. Some of you moms...
View ArticleA Match Made In Shul
By Regina Perl Whether or not you have a child who is dating, you probably know more than you need to about “the parashah.” Unfortunately, we are all intimately acquainted with the term “shidduch...
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The Karako Boys
Chaim, Moshe, and Ezra Karako Moshe and Aliza Karako L–R: Chaim, Moshe, and Ezra Karako and sons Karako showroom By Larry Gordon I’ve known Chaim and Ezra Karako for as long as they have been...
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Imagining A Halachic Debate
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton after the first debate Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman What if the presidential candidates were subject to halachah? The issue is not so far-fetched. As it...
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Leadership Speaks
Rav Hershel Schachter Rav Chaim Kanievsky Rav Asher Weiss By Larry Gordon Even though on some level we are a unified community, we still think in disparate directions on a number of issues that we are...
View ArticleRecognizing Financial Abuse
Domestic Violence In The Jewish Community, Part 4 By Shalom Task Force It was hard for Rachel to recognize the signs at the beginning. Her husband, Avi, made seemingly innocuous comments such as “I’m...
View ArticleNew Year, New Place
By Shmuel Katz, Nofei HaShemesh, the neighborhood in which we live, opened about eight years ago. At that time, along with receiving new residents, we opened our community shul under the rabbinic...
View ArticleThe Koren Yizkor: Memories And Meaning
Reviewed By Rochelle Maruch Miller Published by Yeshiva University, The Koren Yizkor: Memory and Meaning is a unique double-sided volume that includes the complete Yizkor text, Tehillim for the...
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