In 2005, Steve Jobs delivered the commencement address at Stanford University. In it, he described how he had started Apple in a garage at age 20, and after ten years of hard work, built it into a …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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9/24/15
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In the weeks since the Obama administration announced the perilous international nuclear deal with Iran, growing attention has been paid to the network of organizations and foundations that have …
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By Ben Cohen
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9/24/15
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Football season couldn’t get here fast enough. My baseball team, the Braves, are neck and neck with the Phillies for the worst record in the major leagues, but my Miami Dolphins are said to …
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By Judy Joszef
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9/24/15
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Babka. Strudel. Stollen. Danish pastry. Not to mention Gugelhopf and Charlotte. The names set the mouth to watering and conjure up lovingly concocted pastries that feed the body and comfort the soul. …
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By Amelia Katzen, JNS.org
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9/24/15
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The Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst on Spruce Street was one of several locations in the Five Towns and Far Rockaway where the mitzvah of kaparos was performed in the days leading up to Yom …
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The Jewish Star
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9/24/15
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The laws pertaining to the construction of the succah are many and varied. Our Sages created an entire Talmudic tractate that analyzed every conceivable aspect of the succah’s constitutive …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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9/24/15
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Tuesday was the official first day of autumn, but the Jewish calendar had already reset the season with the arrival of the High Holy days and the joyous approach of Sukkot. Around the holidays, many …
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SKA
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9/24/15
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The solemnity of the Yamim Nora'im, the High Holidays, now turns to Z’man Simchatei'nu, the season of joy. This joy is reflected in several literary suggestions for the next two …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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9/21/15
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The Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center at South Nassau Communities Hospital has been named — for the third time — a recipient of the prestigious American College of Surgeons …
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South Nassau Communities Hospital
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9/17/15
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A revamped, state-of-the-art library, senior internships and bekiut initiative are some of the new programs coming to DRS this year.
The school’s faculty and administration has been …
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By Yitzchak Carroll, DRS
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9/17/15
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