Vanessa Radom made aliyah from the States with her husband, Mark and their 4 young children in 2006. This is a fairly common story.
Like other olim, they knew they would encounter challenges, but …
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By Raizel Druxman
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8/31/16
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When I made aliyah over a year ago, I was warned that it would be hard.
With no family here, many people gave me their contact information …
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By Eliana Rudee, JNS.org
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8/31/16
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The Kohelet Foundation has announced the inaugural year of its Kohelet Prize. An unrestricted $36,000 will be awarded to educators or teams of educators, who currently work in Jewish day schools and …
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8/31/16
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The Yeshiva University-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology have announced a joint pilot program in pastoral counseling that will …
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8/31/16
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Ten college undergraduates from Long Island — including students from Woodmere and Lawrence — participated in the sixth annual Summer Science Research Internship Program, a joint …
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8/31/16
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Campers at Hillel Day Camp in Lawrence closed the summer season with a focus on those in our community who are in need.
The children collected almost 300 cans and other non-perishable food items …
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8/31/16
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The Hebrew Academy of Nassau County Athletic Department has announced the hiring of Steve Podias as head boys’ varsity basketball coach.
Podias joins the Hurricanes …
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8/31/16
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It started out as just another inspection. It was Friday afternoon, and after a week of intense maneuvers with little sleep, followed by the weekly servicing of our tanks all night long. We were …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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8/31/16
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Democratic Party Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said last week that Republican nominee Donald Trump turned a blind eye to his anti-Semitic supporters. But as the saying goes, people who …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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8/31/16
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Still flushed with its success in the 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif last week embarked on a five-nation tour of Latin America to spread the message that Tehran’s …
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By Ben Cohen
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8/31/16
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