Kaminsky Attends JCC Chanukah Party
The local JCCs hosted a community Chanukah party at the Atlantic Beach Jewish Center on Tuesday, December 20. L–R: Rivki Gefen, Chedva Benelyahou, Adina Kagan, Ariella Deil, Shayna Livian, Shevi...
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Hundreds gathered outside the United Nations on Wednesday to protest the Obama administration’s abstentionon an anti-Israel resolution passed last week by the Security Council. By Karen McDonough U.S....
View ArticleThe Double Tragedy Of Soviet Jewry
An Assessment Upon The Vergelis Visit By Nison Gordon, z’l Translated by P. Samuels The following is a translation of an article by Nison Gordon, a’h, which appeared in “Dos Yiddishe Vort” in 1964....
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Chaim Katz and Ashley Schwartz (yes, he really did the get-down-on-a-knee thing) Our Aliyah Chronicle By Shmuel Katz I have written often about our oldest son, Chaim, and how difficult it is for us...
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From The Other Side Of The Bench By David J. Seidemann, Esq. I’ll report; you decide. Rather than drawing the conclusion myself, I’ll provide you with a few definitions and facts, and you decide who is...
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R’ Nison Gordon greeting the Lubavitcher Rebbe By Larry Gordon Talk about analyzing and reflecting upon the past. Twenty-seven years provides one with a significant ability to indulge in the practice...
View ArticleSigns Of The Tines
Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Tiffany & Co. sells one five-piece silver set of English King flatware for $830. Imagine, for a moment, that you just needed to purchase the smaller fork. Try...
View ArticleFateful Final Words
By Larry Gordon “For more than two millennia,” he said, “the story of Hanukkah has reminded the world of the Jewish people’s perseverance and the persistence of faith, even against daunting odds.” “May...
View ArticleProud Moments
By Hannah Reich Berman During the weeks and months before Election Day, I acknowledged, with no trepidation whatsoever, to anyone who asked that I intended to cast my vote for Donald Trump. There were...
View ArticleTo Be A Rebbe
Advice From YidParenting By Rabbi Yitzie Ross Q. I’ve been reading your articles for quite a few months, and I am impressed by how much you have to offer. I have noticed in a few of your articles that...
View ArticleParents By Association
By Mordechai Schmutter Parent–teacher conferences are coming up, or else they happened already. You should really be on the ball about these things. Especially if you’re the teacher. It sends a bad...
View ArticleMike Huckabee Leads U.S.–Israel Business Alliance Mission To Israel
By Shimmy Blum “I want Americans to realize that what is called a ‘settlement’ is really a beautiful modern city.” This was the message that former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike...
View ArticleYom Central
With record numbers of applicants for the Class of 2021, Yeshiva University High School for Girls is more popular than ever! Over 140 girls from 23 elementary schools from all over the tri-state area...
View ArticleThe Jewish Democracy
By Joseph Frager, MD Secretary Kerry decided to end his political career by taking a parting shot at what he perceives and imagines to be his nemesis, the State of Israel. Why in the waning days of a...
View ArticleEveryday Vacay
The Katz family on a scavenger hunt at IKEA Our Aliyah Chronicle By Shmuel Katz Our lives are dominated by the timing of the chagim and the school vacation calendar. I am sure that this is the same for...
View ArticleA Taxing Matter
Shalom Maidenbaum By Larry Gordon Even though our taxes have been increasing appreciably over the years of the Obama tenure, Shalom Maidenbaum has been defying the natural tug of taxation...
View ArticleThe Miracle Of Jerusalem
Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Two messages struck home recently. The U.S. abstention in the United Nations vote on UN resolution #2334 that stabbed Israel in the back, as well as Secretary of...
View ArticlePalestinian Fiction
By Larry Gordon On so many levels, the shtick pulled by the Barack Obama and John Kerry team over the last couple of weeks in an effort to somehow additionally hamstring Israel is no surprise. Obama,...
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By Baila Sebrow Question Even though I am already 23 years old, I am new to shidduchim. My family is old-fashioned and we believe that every child in the family should get married according to birth...
View ArticleMan Plans And G-d Laughs
By Anessa V. Cohen Each year, we all go through the motions of getting ready for the winter as part of the rite of passage of transitioning from season to season. We start our inventory of snow...
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