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The Schools Revolution
Dr. Asher Mansdorf Superintendent Gary Schall Board of Education president Murray Forman The Regency By Larry Gordon Perhaps $100 million is not what it used to be. That is the amount of the Lawrence...
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A Master Builder Of Torah
Rabbi Binyamin Kamenetzky, זצ״ל By Rav Aryeh Zev Ginzberg I am totally unequipped to even think of writing a hesped on the incredibly accomplished life of the founding father of the Five Towns Orthodox...
View ArticleDATING FORUM
By Baila Sebrow Question I once dated someone seriously enough to want to marry her. We didn’t date that long, but after a few dates all we ever spoke about was getting married. It’s funny, because...
View ArticleOur Own Tzedakah Challenge
By Lisa Septimus Since Pesach, my Facebook feed has been filled with friends taking on the Tzedakah Challenge. Although it can be overwhelming to read each one, it is incredible that our community is...
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Community Comes Out In Support Of Gesher
Aroni and Chani Parnes hosted a breakfast in support of the Gesher Early Childhood Center The Gesher Early Childhood Center recently received a tremendous boost of encouragement from the Five Towns...
View ArticlePool Barrier
By Rabbi Meir Orlian Summer was fast approaching; the days were getting longer and the weather warmer. Mr. Wasser was looking forward to using the swimming pool that he had recently constructed in his...
View ArticleRabbinic Delegation Has Historic Meeting At The Vatican
It was a historic meeting at the Vatican between Pope Francis and a group of rabbis and community leaders who traveled to Italy to discuss several matters of extreme significance to the Jewish...
View ArticleStanding With The Pope
Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Recently, Rabbi Edgar Gluck, his son Rabbi Zvi Gluck, Rav Dov Ber Pinson, and a number of other prominent Orthodox rabbis and individuals met with Pope Francis to...
View ArticleThe Rebbe From Lubavitch
By R’ Nison Gordon, z’l Translated By P. Samuels Part 2 When Reb Menachem Mendel, zy”a, was crowned as Rebbe and successor of his father-in-law, Reb Yosef Yitzchok, zt”l, who passed away on the tenth...
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Music Is My First Love
Benny Friedman By Larry Gordon During the year of mourning—the year of aveilus—after the passing of a parent, one of the things we try to abstain from is listening to celebratory or frivolous music, or...
View ArticleMikveh: Bringing The Community Together
By Rav Aryeh Z. Ginzberg Questions abound: Do we need a new mikveh in the community? And even if we do, do we need such a beautiful one? With so many pressing needs in the community—overcrowded...
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Gorka And Sarsour
By Larry Gordon Sebastian Gorka A long day of interesting discussions kept us in the ballroom at the Marriott Marquis until after 6 p.m. on Sunday at the Jerusalem Post Conference. The event began at 9...
View ArticleHempstead Consolidates Garages, Saving $1.1 Million A Year
Standing in front of one of Hempstead Town’s motor-vehicle-maintenance facilities in East Meadow, Supervisor Anthony J. Santino announced the consolidation of the government’s car/truck maintenance...
View ArticleKaminsky Fights For Commuters
State Senator Todd Kaminsky issued the following statement after attending the New York State Assembly’s Standing Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions public hearing: “Amtrak has let...
View ArticleSenators Announce FEMA Grant For LCFD
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have announced that the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department is set to receive $166,762 in federal funding to purchase 28 self-contained breathing...
View ArticleHolocaust Survivors Petition To Stop Linda Sarsour
One hundred Holocaust survivors have turned to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo with a desperate appeal to intercede before a New York State-funded school can honor terrorism advocate Linda...
View ArticleAmbassador Friedman Gets To Work
By Greer Fay Cashman May 16—U.S. Ambassador David Friedman was the last of three ambassadors on Tuesday to present their credentials to President Reuven Rivlin of Israel. The others were Penprapa...
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Finals Under Fire
Toby Klein Greenwald and Yaakov Greenwald By Toby Klein Greenwald I can still remember the screaming headline in May 1967: “Straits of Tiran Closed.” I didn’t even know where exactly Tiran was, but I...
View ArticleFinding Your Place
Our Aliyah Chronicle By Shmuel Katz Last Friday morning, Goldie turned to me and said, “I need to go to Kever Rachel to daven.” We’d had a bit of a tough week, and then she had gotten some not-so-great...
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The Big Birthday
Paratroopers at the Kotel in 1967 By Larry Gordon Next week, we will mark the 50th anniversary of the city of Jerusalem’s reunification as a result of the Six Day War. It was a miraculous time for Klal...
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