Red Katz will present an inspirational talk — “Live Your YOUlogy” — this Shabbat at 10:30 am, following davening, at the Young Israel of Hewlett, 1 Piermont Ave. more

On March 23 and 24, HANC Theater Company riveted a packed auditorium of parents, faculty, students, and friends with their performance of Laughter on the 23rd Floor. more

Third Graders at HANC’s Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School, in West Hempstead, participated in the D.E.A.R program last week while visiting the HANC Library. more

The HAFTR High School Players recently gave an incredible performance of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. more

Last week, UANI (United Against Nuclear Iran) research director Matan Shamir, who has been tracking U.S. sanctions of Iran for months, spoke to Hebrew Academy of Nassau County High School juniors and seniors about the advocacy group’s efforts to prevent Iran from fulfilling its ambition to obtain nuclear weapons. more

During Meet The Press last week, former President Jimmy Carter complained that President Obama doesn’t ask him for advice. Ignoring Carter may be the smartest thing President Obama has done as president. The Carter administration was a foreign policy failure; it helped create many of the foreign policy problems President Obama is dealing with now. more

Although I woke up to heavily falling snow, and it still feels like winter, Pesach is actually less than two weeks away. It’s crunch time … pun intended. more

Hundreds of men, women and children will line up in the entrance to North Woodmere Park on Sunday, April 27, to run the Fifth Annual Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans (FIDV) Five Towns 5K Run/Walk. more

My daughter and I were recently learning Metzora, and she asked me why the process of getting rid of tzaraat included a ritual of placing blood on the ear, thumb and toe of the afflicted individual, on the one hand, and why it is specifically on the right (and not the left) of all extremities. more

One wonders whether the Mashiach (messiah) and the redemption he is meant to bring still have not come because we are still waiting for him, or because he is still waiting for us. more