Shavuot is hands down my favorite Jewish holiday because we are mandated to eat dairy foods, stay up all night learning and share festive family time. These three customs are activities that fit in perfectly with my preferences. more

Hearty congratulations to our own Miriam Bradman Abrahams on having received the Woman of the Year award from Hadassah’s Devorah Group at the Nassau region conference which took place Wednesday, May 16. more

Local leaders’ often deliver emotional pitches for donations to Tomchei Shabbos, the Five Towns Food Bank and Hatzalah. They say that although there are abundant worthy causes worldwide, it’s our obligation first to provide for our own neighbors. more

If you read my posts or emails then you know I’m a night owl. I find the wee hours to be inspiring. Maybe it’s the mystery or romanticism of the dark, but, writing at 1 A.M., my ideas flow quickly from my brain out through my fingers to the keyboard onto the glowing screen. more

Marking the “Yoms” these past two weeks made me nostalgic about August 1984, when I spent three memorable weeks at Machane Bilu near Rechovot, proudly wearing Israeli army fatigues. more

April has been a bittersweet month with each bitter taste accompanied by a sweet dessert. more

The holiday has passed and is over and the next topic of conversation in our home concerns finals, APs and high school graduation. I’m more than a bit overwhelmed by emotions elicited by these events, reminders that our youngest child will soon be leaving our nest. more

In 1934 Leonard Sucher, a City College graduate and practicing lawyer, beat out 500 applicants for a job at the New York Post, the oldest continuously published newspaper in America. more

Which book is flying off Five Towns bookstore shelves and is currently #18 on Amazon’s top sellers? Ten points if you guessed The New American Haggadah! more

Thinking about Passover, the holiday which celebrates our freedom from slavery, reminds me of my parents’ and my exodus from Cuba’s tyranny in 1962. more