Rally For Hostages Marks Six Months Of Gaza War
The sense of frustration with leaders pressuring Israel was expressed outside the UN this past Sunday, when more than 7,000 people attended a rally...
Total Eclipse Of The Sun
I try to avoid writing about a topic if I know a fellow columnist will also be writing about it. Since I saw Susie Garber in a shul in Albany, I...
Thinking BIG
Things are looking up in New York and so are New Yorkers, and if the experts are right, they’ll continue to do so for years to come.
Style & Living
If Only
Nobody tells me what I must write about. The editors give me a free hand and allow me to write about any topic I choose. But honestly, I’ve had...
Making A Simchah
Mazal tov! Our daughter is engaged! Baruch Hashem! Everyone appreciates a simchah, especially now. The light of a simchah shines bright during these...
Purim In Wartime
Every Purim morning, after hearing the Megillah, we walk to our neighbor’s home where they set up their annual Mishloach Manos street café. Below the...
Torah
The Beard
It is well known that when people went to Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l to receive a brachah or ask a sh’eilah, in many cases he will tell them to...
The Tikkun
The day of the Chanukas HaMishkan – the Inauguration of the Mishkan, the holy Sanctuary – was one of great joy and happiness. In fact, the Gemara...
On The Roof
In the early 1990s, a group of real estate developers purchased land in the heart of Tel Aviv with the intention of constructing a massive...
