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Partly Cloudy Thousands attend Far Rockaway levaya for couple lost in horrific car crash
Thousands packed into Yeshiva Darchei Torah on Thursday for the levaya of Elisheva Kaplan a"h and her chattan Yisroel Levin z"l. It seemed as if the entire Far Rockaway community …
Far Rockaway
Rav Feiner's letter to his tragedy-struck community: Yom Tov still means joy
Erev Yom Tov v'Shabbos/ 5th day of the Omer/ April 5 Lichvod the Chashuv Members and Mispallelim of our (White Shul) Klal Yisroel Family: The Vilna Gaon was once asked by his talmidim what he …
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5 Towns horror: Chosson and kallah killed in Nassau Expressway crash
A horrific multi-vehicle pileup on the Nassau Expressway early Wednesday morning resulted in an unspeakable tragedy: the loss of a young chosson and kallah. …
schools
HALB basketball Lions are champs
The HALB Lions Girls Basketball team went 9-1 in their regular season this year, culminating in their championship victory over RYNJ last Wednesday night. Leading up to the game, tensions were high …
schools
For 16th year, NSHA students lead Megillah service
Fifteen middle school students at the North Shore Hebrew Academy in Great Neck chanted Megillat Esther for their schoolmates, faculty and families. Over the 16 years, more than 275 NSHA students have …
opinion
Talking about anti-Semitism? Everyone’s doing it
Slate podcaster Mike Pesca has a theory that whenever President Donald Trump says “everybody” it means “almost nobody,” and when he says “nobody” or …
health mind and body
Bar-Ilan University advances Alzheimer’s prevention vaccine
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, one in nine Americans over 65 has Alzheimer’s. For those 85 or older, that number is one in three. Over five million Americans live with the …
fighting words
Friedman rips PA, Abbas calls him out
JERUSALEM — Early on Monday, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, criticized the Palestinian Authority for not condemning two terror attacks in recent days that left three Israelis …
fighting for israel
Settlements, Orthodox power worry Lauder
WASHINGTON — Ronald Lauder, an outspoken pro-Trump conservative and longtime advocate for the Jewish state, said this week that Israeli government policies threaten the country’s …
lost in space
First Torah reading in orbit and other fun facts
The Torah tells how G-d created the earth and the heavens, although the stories that follow tell us more about the former than the latter. A new exhibit doesn’t quite answer theological …
schools
At YOSS, it’s looking a lot like Pesach
Pesach preparations are in full swing at Yeshiva of South Shore’s Early Childhood Center. The kindergarten boys enjoyed a taste test as they learned about the different parts of the seder. …
culture
Black Panther superhero is a Jewish creation
If you have checked in on the pop culture zeitgeist at all in the past few week, you know that the film “Black Panther” is breaking box office records and Hollywood assumptions about …
opinion
Professor David Wyman, 89, historian with heart
Almost every time David S. Wyman delivered a lecture related to his remarkable book, “The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941-1945,” someone …
israel
Mayim Bialik meets Rivlin in Jerusalem
President Reuven Rivlin welcomed American actress Mayim Bialik to his residence in Jerusalem on Sunday. Rivlin told Bialik that he had heard so much from his grandchildren about her, her work as …
jerusalem
At David’s Tower: Let there be (even more) light!
The Tower of David may be 2,000 years old, but some of its most spectacular features are now brand-new. Cutting-edge technology is used to present Jerusalem’s story to a whopping 400,000 …
anti-semitism
Councilman says ‘Rothschilds’ control weather
A councilman in Washington, D.C., has apologized for suggesting on Facebook that rich Jews who control the weather caused an unexpected snowstorm. Democrat Trayon White Sr. posted a video early …
freedom
Venezuelan draws strength from Jewish roots
WASHINGTON — David Smolansky has become the exiled face of the resistance to the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. It doesn’t take long to realize why the major media …
west hempstead
Ribbon cut at a new Investors Bank
This week in Torah
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Mitzvah or not, it’s our job to tell Exodus story
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Approaching Pesach and the future redemption
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Lessons from Elijah for this Shabbat HaGadol
When the Talmud asks a question for which no satisfactory answer is evident, it uses the word “teiku” as a way of indicating that we’ll have to wait for the coming of Elijah …
Kosher Bookworm
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Anticipating an ‘exalted evening,’ with the Rav
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Before Pesach, a literary visit to an Egyptian zoo
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‘A Time to Seek’: Scholarship of Rabbi Baruch Dov Braun
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Recalling Rav Pelcovitz of Far Rock’s White Shul
Following the recent loss of Rabbi Raphael Pelcovitz z”tl, I asked Rabbi Dr. Shnayer Leiman, who knew Rav Pelcovitz for many years, to share his thoughts with us. Rabbi Leiman, author of …
Who's in the Kitchen
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Marveling at the determination of Olympians
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‘Bobby’ Judy welcomes Arielle Emma
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‘Bombogenesis’ storm inspires bombs in the kitchen
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Plight of a Dashing Judy and her misplaced fob
I just celebrated a birthday last week, and while it wasn’t a big one, it’s getting close. More than ever now, I find myself a bit forgetful. Family members and friends …
Kosher Kitchen
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For the happiest of Pesachs, get an early start with your Big Cook (and a tasty new cookbook)
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Thinking food: Eating healthier as we age
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Let’s eat BOTH healthy AND tasty
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Time for make your mishlach manot
Pesach desserts: Old favorites and new treats
When it comes to Passover desserts, there is no shortage of recipes and ideas. Ever since balaboostas began to create desserts other than sponge cake, macaroons, and stewed prunes, the world of …
View from Central Park
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Charoset: Passover’s ‘everydish’
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Tel Aviv’s goofy superhero window cleaners
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In Israel, there’s a 50-bullet lifetime quota
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The ‘Nazi’ Rorschach test, again
Squawking as Israel goes astray at Eurovision
Altough I was just a little girl when I first watched the Eurovision song contest, I remember it like it was yesterday. With no TV at home, we had the privilege of staying up late and …
Viewpoint
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’Céline’ redux? France’s publishing problem
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House of Windsor’s Israel problem
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Calling it ‘Polocaust’ doesn’t change the facts
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Considering Poland: Who owns the Holocaust?
Secrets of happiness (or unhappiness) revealed
What makes us happy — or unhappy? The 2018 edition of the World Happiness Report, published annually by a group of United Nations-linked development experts, asserts that a …
Politics to Go
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Where are the headlines denouncing Farrakhan?
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HaShana B’Yerushalayim: THIS Year in J’salem
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Poland, from Jewish oasis to anti-Semitic nation
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Ellison, Farrakhan, Black Caucus: only part of it
According to the Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party, Rep. Keith Ellison, his colleagues don’t care about his ties to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. …
women in shul
Full text of new OU statement on halachically valid roles for women in synagogue leadership
NEWS: The Orthodox Union, after a year of discussions with various stakeholders and in the face of some opposition, has established parameters for a three-year period during which the umbrella body …
united and divided
What does it mean to be Modern Orthodox?
While the vast majority of Modern Orthodox Jews believe in G-d, send their kids to Jewish day schools, and make incomes well above the national average, they are less than unanimous in their views on whether women should be rabbis or synagogue presidents,