My visit to the Bronx for a photoshoot last week brought back a timely memory, of when Rabbi Meir Kahane came to the Young Israel of Pelham Parkway, 30 years ago. I detoured to see some of the old …
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By Gary Rabenko
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11/6/15
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Like its environs, the Jewish community of Austin, Texas, has a youthful feel. Situated in a city known for live music, the University of Texas (UT) campus, and the founding of Michael Dell’s …
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By Jacob Kamaras
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11/6/15
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An audience of several hundred women viewed a stunning fashion show in Lawrence last week that raised $50,000 in support of Sharsheret.
The sold-out Couture for a Cause (CFAC) production, with …
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By Gloria Davidson
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11/12/15
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This week’s column will focus on a special author and his unique book on Jewish practice and law. The author, Thomas Furst, a lawyer, has the yichus of being a descendent of the great Gaon, the …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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11/12/15
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This coming Shabbat Chayei Sarah marks the first yahrtzeit of the holy martyrs, the kedoshim of the Har Nof Massacre on the 25th day of Marcheshvon.
This week’s column is dedicated to one of …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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11/3/15
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Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky told the Nassau Herald, “I personally received a return call from Joseph Cairo, the president of Nassau OTB, and in addition spoke directly to Nassau County …
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10/30/15
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HAFTR High School hosted three former IDF Druze soldiers last Thursday. The soldiers told students of the bond that the Druze community has with the Jewish nation and of their devotion to the State …
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HAFTR
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10/29/15
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Rimonim have been dedicated by the Robert and Hinda Mizrahi family in honor of their son Matthew’s Bar Mitzvah and the HAFTR Sefardi minyan. Sefardic students from HAFTR Middle School joined …
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HAFTR
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10/29/15
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The North Shore Hebrew Academy is the Great Neck community’s Modern Orthodox yeshiva day school, serving toddlers through eighth-graders on three campuses — toddlers at the Young Israel …
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NSHA
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10/29/15
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Students of Rambam Mesivta were honored by a visit from South Shore Rep. Kathleen Rice who came to congratulate the school on being the only one on Long Island to be accorded Blue Ribbon status this …
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Rambam Mesivta
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10/29/15
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