Issue of August 20, 2010/ 10 Elul 5770 Dear That’s Life, There was an article in Newsday last week about peach picking opportunities on Long Island. We go apple picking every year and have gone … more

Dear Aviva, My family lives off of my income, and my wife takes care of the housework and the kids. Things are getting tight, and I want her to look for a job. She keeps coming up with another excuse of why not. more

Some of the curses in the tokhacha are meant to hit so close to home. Verses 28:29-33 describe how some things we might take for granted could easily be unequivocally stripped from us. more

He was one of the all time greats in Jewish thought and theology. Although a mystic he was venerated by non-mystics. According to Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, one of the first to translate his teachings, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto [Ramchal] “was one of the most brilliant thinkers of the past several centuries…his depth of thought and systematic mind are evident in all his works. more

The young men eagerly shuffle into the room, sit in their desks, open books and attentively face a blank television screen. Clicking a remote, one of the group initiates a video call and the screen springs to life. more

Andrew J. Parise Park in The Village of Cedarhurst is always the place to be on Tuesday nights for the fabulous concerts. This past Tuesday night was especially well attended as concert go-ers enjoyed the sounds of Jewish music sensation Shlomie Dachs. Kids were treated to the magic of Amore in a preconcert show. more

After the destruction and havoc of hurricane Sandy, HALB’s first and second grades, displaced from their Long Beach home, were welcomed into Lawrence Middle School in a heart warming demonstration of community harmony. Those two grades have just returned to Long Beach on the fourth day of Chanukah, an apt time for a Chanukat Habayit, a rededication of the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach’s beach-side home. more

Never, as long as I live, will I forget that moment, when the sounds of children’s laughter on a beautiful, peaceful Jerusalem afternoon were shattered by the screams of terror and agony that are the music for the dance of the suicide bomber. more

Thursday July 11 Protest at 92nd St. Y urging the Y to stop hosting Israel haters Alice Walker and Robert Waters, both supporters of a boycott against Israel. 92nd Street and Lexington Avenue, Manhattan. 6 p.m. more

Look out Heidi Klum — the girls at Midreshet Shalhevet are rocking the latest fashion trend: Tzniut! Shalhevet held its first Fashion Week, with the girls dressing up in their most fashion-forward and tzniut outfits to fit the theme of each day, ranging from formal wear, business attire, Shabbat afternoon and casual Sunday. more