The end of summer is a time of campaigns, when we are faced with back to school mania, primary elections, purchasing High Holiday seats, checking to make sure we have flood insurance against Nor’easters so powerful they make Irene look like a trickle. The weeks of comfort dwindle as we count off Re’eh, Shoftim, Ki Teitze… like stations on a train line as we approach our final destination, where our deeds are held to account. more

Muscle, sheer drive, rigorous training, stamina and the thrill of the course are coming together again this August 8th and 9th for the Third Annual Bike4Chai two day ride from the Jersey Shore into the cheering, appreciative crowd of campers at Camp Simcha Special in Glen Spey, New York. more

The Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula (JCCRP) has announced that Moshe Brandsdorfer has accepted the position of Executive Director. Brandsdorfer brings to the JCCRP more than a … more

SEOUL, South Korea — In 2014, Kim Hye-kyung found herself staring into an educational abyss. The mother of two lives in study-mad South Korea, where parents fork over $17 billion on private … more

Calendar for the week of 12/23/2011 more

Rabbi Boruch Ber Bender, president of Achiezer, address and advise the staff of CAHAL on how to help their students become more involved in acts of chesed. Rabbi Bender described how chesed is not … more

Iris and Shalom Maidenbaum of Lawrence were presented with the Zionist Organization of America’s Justice Louis D. Brandeis award, at the organization’s gala on Sunday night at the Grand … more

July 27 and on Mangano Announces Weekday Golf Specials at Nassau County’s 9-Hole Golf Courses Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced today that all four of Nassau County’s 9-hole golf courses will be offering a special weekday discount. Conveniently spread around the county park system, Nassau offers residents four executive-level 9 hole golf courses at Cantiague Park, Christopher Morley, North Woodmere, and Bay Park. more

While New York and New Jersey Jewish communities have been left stranded and overwhelmed following Hurricane Sandy’s determined path of destruction, their neighbors in Baltimore have not sat idle. more

The Orthodox shuls in Lido Beach and Long Beach were the two Long Island towns that joined 46 communities from 22 states on Sunday in bidding to attract frum Jews looking for greener — or at … more