A workshop uniting computer games and education in a professional development course for teachers, enlightened some 40 participants earlier this month at Touro College’s Graduate School of Technology in Manhattan. more

About 25 years ago, I had tickets to Jackie Mason on Broadway. We met our friends at the theater, since they still lived in Forest Hills, and we had already moved to Woodmere. By the time we parked and made it into the theater, we slipped in near our friends just as the curtain was rising. Almost in unison, my friend and I whispered, “where do you want to eat after the show?” more

The Israeli Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered all 50 families living in the town of Migron evacuated from their homes by September 4th and the homes to be demolished, except for a few on lot 10, by September 11th. more

Earlier this week, the Obama campaign announced the formation of “Rabbis For Obama,” featuring over 600 rabbis from across the country and across all Jewish denominations dedicated to four more years of big government and anti-Israel policies. more

Rabbi Elimelech Ashkenazi, z”l, thought to be the last surviving student of the founder of Daf Yomi, Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Chachmei Lublin, passed away at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York earlier this week. He was 96. more

With the advent of the school year, the need to link school, community and family efforts to combat a modern day scourge of children is once again literally brought to the table. more

On Wednesday, August 29, Nassau Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Goodstein issued a temporary restraining order to stay the eviction, scheduled to happen as early as 8/30, of Beit Shoshanim Torah Learning Center (TLC), from its premises at Congregation Shira Chadasha, 695 Middle Neck Road., in Great Neck. more

The 2012 Maccabi games in Rockland County were held on August 12-17. The games brought in more than 1200 Jewish Athletes from all over the world. more

During the Holocaust, the Klausenberger Rebbe, Rabi Yekutiel Halberstam, passed through the gates of hell many times. In the Warsaw Ghetto, the work camps and death marches and the final unspeakable horror, Auschwitz, the Rebbe lost his wife and their 11 children in less than a year, yet never sat shiva, refusing to take the time to mourn for his own children, while so many thousands were being lost daily. more

The shofar sound this past Sunday began the wake-up call of the month of Elul that reminds us that Rosh Hashana will soon be upon us. As I look back at notes from previous years, I have found that the commentary of Rabbenu Bachaye on these coming parshas has found an important place in my own Elul and Teshuvah-focused experience. more