Cholent on Shabbat day. Brisket on Rosh Hashanah. Matzo balls and challah — lots of challah. Jews love food, and much of Jewish culture centers on sitting around the Shabbat yom tov table … more

Is there any comfort? It’s been ten years since that terrible summer of 2006 and the Second Lebanon War, and many of us have moved on. But for the families whose loved ones never returned, it … more

Every time the Olympics rolls around, I want to believe in it. I want to partake in it from afar and cheer this idea of humanity coming together in the spirit of sportsmanship. When it’s the … more

Last weekend, emails associated with George Soros, billionaire donor to Democratic Party and anti-Israel causes, were leaked. The hack wasn’t of Soros himself but of multiple Soros-controlled … more

Click and bang — the sound of an IMI Uzi gun. Stillness — the feeling of sitting for 12 hours on a hilltop, guarding a Jewish community in Judea and … more

It’s not the end of the world just because an Egyptian athlete refused to shake hands with his Israeli counterpart at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro last week. After all, the Egyptian is the … more

Last week’s Torah portion concluded with Moshe telling the people what will happen when they enter the Promised Land. Owing to the terrible deeds of the inhabitants of the land, G-d had decided … more

The expression, “And you shall love the L-rd, your G-d” appears twice in the Torah, the first instance in Parashat Vaetchanan (Devarim 6:5), and the second in this week Parashat Eikev … more

For the last eight years, my daughter Jordana and I have discussed flying down to Atlanta to catch a few games at “The Ted,” another name for Turner Field baseball stadium, home of … more

Throughout summer, the voices of children of all ages could be heard at the Levi Yitzchak Library on Central Avenue in Cedarhurst which hosted a variety of programs.  The summer may be … more