Issue of July 10, 2009 / 18 Tammuz 5769 Things are not always as they seem, as anyone skilled in the art of sleight of hand can tell you — well, show you, actually. When soldiers bundled … more

By Michael Orbach A Jewish family in Hewlett had a terrifying experience when two men dressed as utility workers pushed their way into a home and tied up the owner and the housekeeper. The men … more

The Kosher Bookworm by Alan Jay Gerber Issue of January 22, 2010/ 7 Shvat 5770 As in past years, a number of high quality new commentaries and translations are newly available on the Book of … more

Still dangerous By Michael Orbach May 7, 2010/ 23 Iyar, 5770 A second child victim has come forward to accuse Michael Sabo, an Orthodox man from Flatbush, of sexual abuse. Sabo, who had … more

The Kosher Bookworm by Alan Jay Gerber Issue of August 27, 2010/ 17 Elul 5770 Imagine: Selicot before Labor Day. This is what we will be experiencing this year. School begins earlier this … more

The anti-Semite says, “I hate the Jewish people, but Schwartz and Mandelbaum I like.” And the Jew says, “I love the Jewish people, but Schwartz and Mandelbaum I can’t stand.” And so it … more

Just weeks after a vicious tornado destroyed many rural areas in Alabama, a team of eight high school girls, from the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls (SKA) and from the Hebrew Academy of the … more

More than what he was saying, it was his face that caught my attention. Flicking on the television absent-mindedly as I was getting dressed for a wedding, I came across the middle of a program on what, after a moment, I realized was a story from the Second Lebanon War. more

Jan. 21 Annual Melava Malka and Concert Congregation Machane Chodosh is featuring the talented Yoel Sharabi at 7:30 p.m. Admission in advance is $22 for members, $25 for non-members and $28 at … more

A press conference will be held in front of the Bolivian Mission to the United Nations to rally support for Jacob Ostreicher, an innocent New York businessman who has now been confined for 11 months in one of Bolivia’s most notoriously dangerous prisons without being charged. more