OU career workshop attracts diverse crowd By Yaffi Spodek Tamar Friedman of Far Rockaway is an aspiring sonographer. Though she earned the necessary degree over a year ago and consulted with … more

Dear That’s Life, With summer now in full swing, many of the local day camps have started tzedakah campaigns to help fund various worthy causes. The camp my two daughters attend is no exception. … more

Literature of the three weeks and the Holocaust “Eim HaBanim Semeichah” as edited and translated by Rabbi Dr. Pesach Schindler Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber Midway through the … more

Misaskim, local residents, played crucial role after a death By Malka Eisenberg The call came about two hours before Shabbos. Two counselors and a social worker, all from the Five Towns-Far … more

Affecting fate By David Seidemann Exactly how hard should I try? When does human effort end and divine effort begin? If G-d is all-knowing and a leaf doesn’t turn over in the wind without … more

Golan Sion Creek White Semi-Dry 2007 By Adam Neustadter It has recently been brought to my attention that not everybody who reads these reviews appreciates dry wine. I know, I know, it … more

Issue of July 18, 2008 This Sunday is the 17th of Tammuz, the fast day that marks the beginning of the Three Weeks leading up to Tisha B'Av. Against that backdrop, the responses to writer … more

First Person By Masada Siegel I first met Senator John McCain when I was working as a television reporter in a small town market. It was my first assignment. I was sent out with the hope of … more

Why isn’t keeping halacha good enough anymore? By Jessie Fischbein My 12-year-old daughter doesn't like to wear socks in the summer. When she became bas mitzvah, she began to … more

Water safety tips for the summer By Dov Winston Drowning, and water safety are subjects on many people’s lips in Nassau County this summer after the widely publicized story of a nanny in … more