What would compel this diehard New Yorker to spend a mild February Sunday voluntarily crossing two bridges and driving on the Turnpike to visit New Jersey? My family drove seventy miles from Woodmere to the quaint town of Princeton for a fun escape. more

Tikkun Olam translates from Hebrew to English to mean repairing the world, generally through public service or acts of kindness to others. During the holiday of Purim I often take time to reflect on what Tikkun Olam means to me as an observant Jew and as a public official. more

The harmonizing voices of four choirs reverberated through HAFTR High School’s capacity filled auditorium to resounding cheers and applause from the audience last Wednesday for HAFTR’s 5th Annual Girls’ Choir Competition. more

Steak, by a wide margin, is easily the most ordered item in the world of kosher restaurants. more

Look at the news today. Whether it’s turning on the TV or your computer, the news is all the same. more

The Sands of Atlantic Beach was the setting for the Hebrew Academy of The Five Towns’ 34th Annual Dinner on Saturday night February 25. more

Purim, it’s that time of year again. The most festive, feel good holiday of the year, with drink till you drop, feast till you’re stuffed and over the top partying while masquerading. And it’s the only holiday that will continue to be celebrated after Mashiach comes. more

“One of the most important things, from a religious and psychological perspective, is to take care of our family. This is what I’m supposed to be doing. That’s what I’m here for, to take care of our own parents and our own children.” more

They may be “taking care of business everyday”, as the Bachman Turner Overdrive lyrics suggest, but the five musicians who make up Backpages, look forward to their ‘gigs’ as a way of both escaping the daily grinds of life, and getting a bit nostalgic by reconnecting to their youth. more

Last week’s essay centered upon the valued commentary, “Majesty and Mystery” (OU Press, YU Press, Ktav, 2012) by Rabbi Norman Lamm on Megillat Esther. As noted then, that work also includes an impressive and comprehensive commentary on the Maariv evening service that frames the reading of the megillah. more