May 5 Monte Carlo Night The Massada Chapter of AMIT MONTE CARLO NIGHT with wine tasting and a Chinese auction Congregation Sons of Israel, 9:45pm 111 Irving Place, Woodmere For more information please contact Bill Rothchild, at 212-477-5465 or billr@amitchildren.org. more

In these weeks between Pesach and Shavuot, there is a widely practiced custom to study Pirkei Avot--the Chapters or Ethics of the Fathers. Some even extend this practice until Rosh Hashana; instead of having one round of study, they complete Avot four times. more

This week, in America, you will read the double portion of Acharei-Mot-Kedoshim which, translated literally, means “after the death of the holy ones,” a meaning that was all too appropriate last week when we were reading the same double portion, as it fell on the Shabbat immediately following Israel’s Memorial and Independence days: Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut. more

With a blast of a horn, the serious contestants surged forward, their sneakered feet slamming into the pavement as they curved out of North Woodmere Park and veered right onto Branch Boulevard. more

By the end of the third video, sniffles were audible around the amphitheater. Thousands of Jews from around the world gathered in Israel Wednesday, April 25, at the Latrun memorial for fallen soldiers of the Israeli Armored Corps to mark Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day. more

As most people turn their attention to Lag Baomer and Shavuot, maybe thinking of Pesach only to recall it with some matzoh eaten on Pesach Sheni, Alan Hirsch, President of the Bnai Israel Matzoh Fund, is still collecting funds to close the financial gap remaining from this past Pesach. more

Perhaps the most popular tractate of the Talmud among our people is the Mishnah Avot. What is unique to this particular book of the Talmud is that, unlike the other tractates, this one is a book of ethics not law. more

Last week President Obama had some heartfelt words at the Holocaust Museum: “I say this as a President, and I say it as a father: We must tell our children about a crime unique in human history,” Obama said during a speech in the museum’s packed auditorium. more

On any given day you can find Charlie Harary in a million different places doing a million different things with a million different people. more

Dr. Jack Choueka may live in Lawrence but he really never left Brooklyn and the arrival of the Brooklyn Nets in the newly constructed Barclays Center is cementing his relationship with his home borough. more