By Michael Orbach Issue of November 6, 2009/ 19 Cheshvan 5770 Masbia Soup Kitchen, the only kosher soup kitchen in New York, plans to open new branches in Flatbush, Williamsburg … more

Online ad seeks assistance in creating supernatural household help — references required By Michael Orbach Published online February 1, 2009 Say you're in need of a six-foot-tall … more

Dear Aviva, I don’t know what to do — I feel so guilty. I am getting married in a few months and we are deciding where to live. My chassan says that he doesn’t mind living here in Queens or … more

In my view by Chananya Weissman Issue of September 10, 2010/ 2 Tishrei 5771 I recently saw an advertisement from a dating service that offered to help parents find a match for their … more

After nearly three weeks of denying, dodging, and finally admitting to texting inappropriate photographs of himself to several women, Congressman Anthony Weiner, 46, announced his resignation today before a packed Brooklyn senior center press conference. more

A number of years ago, I struck up a friendship over Pesach week with a Holocaust survivor, a former inmate of the Janowska work camp and Auschwitz. Towards the end of the week I summoned up the nerve to ask him if there was anything in particular that stood out in his mind as the reason he had survived. Without hesitation, he responded: “It was one mitzvah; the Sukkos I spent in Auschwitz. more

One of the greatest gifts we have in this world is the ability to make choices in our lives. Though sometimes, we might wish we didn’t have to make those choices. more

The Egyptian government recently unilaterally abrogated a contract to supply Israel with natural gas, thus breaking a long-term agreement and maybe breaching the peace treaty between the two countries. more

As the clock approaches midnight this Saturday Evening, Jewish communities around the globe will gather to plead for G-d’s ear and forgiveness. more

This week, Manhattan High School for Girls was filled to the brim with special and exciting events! Amazingly enough, MHS had its first-ever blood drive. From April 29th through May 1st, eleventh and twelfth graders went to the Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital nearby to donate blood. more