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Torah Rescued From Fire On Kristallnacht 80 Years Ago Comes To...
A Torah pulled from a bonfire in Hamburg, Germany, during Kristallnacht was at the Chabad of Forest Hills North this past Shabbos, the 80th...
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Torah Rescued From Fire On Kristallnacht 80 Years Ago Comes To...
A Torah pulled from a bonfire in Hamburg, Germany, during Kristallnacht was at the Chabad of Forest Hills North this past Shabbos, the 80th...
Morah Lea: A Loving Preschool Institution For 56 Years
When most people think about preschool at Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe, they think fondly of Morah Lea Karpf, who has been a preschool teacher for...
Kristallnacht And Recent Tragedies Remembered In Forest Hills
Forest Hills came together again to remember a tragedy, the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, on November 9 at Congregation Machane Chodosh in Forest Hills.
Rabbi...
POLITICS
Conquer Gaza Now!
I am typing these words as Hamas rockets rain down on Israel. Millions of Jews are in danger. Schools in southern Israel have been...
Hakaras HaTov
The 2018 mid-term election is now behind us. We hope and pray that both parties will now put politics aside and begin bi-partisan initiatives...
Blue Ripple, Red Undertow
Everyone and his uncle have given their opinions and analysis of the recent midterm elections. I decided to chime in, too. When I saw...
OPINION
Politics: Part II
In last week’s edition of the paper, I wrote an article titled “Leave the Politics to Us.” I received many comments, including a curt...
Why Being Middle Class Is So Difficult
Young people may not believe this, but not that long ago there was a large middle class in America. It was vibrant, respected, and...
This Too Shall Pass
Rube Goldberg machines are comforting and satisfying in a specific kind of a way. They complete a circuit, finish the loop. Standing on the...
The Mid-Term Elections: Were They Good For The Jews?
As is usually the case, there was some good news and some bad news in the results of the recent mid-term elections.
Here in New...
STYLE & LIVING
A Rich Heart May Be Under A Poor Coat
Do you think you can sense other people’s feelings or concerns? Does your wife describe you as emotionally tone deaf? Well, you know what...
Sweet Inn Revolutionizes Apartment-Hotel Concept With Cutting-Edge Technology
Investing in a series of unique technological applications, Sweet Inn, an upstart Israeli apartment-hotel company, is using “TravelTech” to offer its discerning clientele an...
The Shpielmans Gear Up For Massive Breakout For Chanukah 2018
The Shpielmans are a 31-piece set of chasidic figurines with zaidy, bubby, etc., and articulating pieces and accessories include Shabbos candles, challah as well...
Questions To Ask Yourself
I wanted to name this article, “How Do You Know?” but my records show that I had used that title on an article about...
TORAH
Saved By The Beep
What is hashgachah pratis, Divine providence? It is clearly a phenomenon by which our patriarch Yaakov lived his entire life. Yaakov swore: “If Hashem...
From The Heart
Last week I had two packages to send out. One was a bar mitzvah gift to a friend’s son; the other was a thank...
The Influence Of Society
“And I will return in peace to my father’s house, and Hashem will be to me G-d.”
– B’reishis 28:21
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When Yaakov Avinu was told that...
The Sky Is The Limit
“Jacob departed from Beer-Sheba and went toward Charan. He encountered the place…and he dreamt and behold! A ladder was set earthward and its top...
