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Rambam’s Hebrew class experiences Sderot bomb

The incoming missile siren went off on Monday during Rambam Mesivta’s sophomore Honors Hebrew class while the students were video conferencing with their teacher, Batel Dahan in Sderot. more

By Malka Eisenberg | 5/3/12

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer greets Avi Greenberg and fellow YKLI students.

Yeshiva Ketana students make history with the Enterprise space shuttle

On Friday morning, JFK International Airport hosted the arrival of the Shuttle Enterprise on its final journey. The Enterprise was flown from Washington, DC to New York in preparation for its installation on the deck of the USS Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum in July. Amongst the many dignitaries and VIPs invited to welcome the shuttle to New York, was a group of students from Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island. more

By Stew Greenberg | 5/3/12

The Israel of the future needs to be forged today

Tzipi Livni quit the Knesset this week and offered parting words of warning that Israel’s future as a Jewish and democratic state is in danger. more

By Juda Engelmayer | 5/3/12

The Kosher Critic: Prime Butcher Baker—a cut above the rest

From the minute I walked into Prime Butcher Baker, the latest creation from the Prime Group, every ounce of jaded elitism that I may have developed over the years abandoned me. more

By Zechariah Mehler | 4/26/12

After the death of holy ones…

Dedicated to the memory of the Israeli soldiers whose selfless sacrifice gave and gives us a State we can call our own. more

By Rabbi Binny Freedman | 4/26/12

Annual Community-Wide Yom Hashoah Commemoration at Congregation Beth Sholom Survivors Bronia and Jakub Rybsztajn of Woodmere light a candle in commemoration of Yom Hashoah. They are accompanied by daughter Jennifer and sons David and Austin, daughter-in-law Brenda and Brenda and David’s children.

Representatives speak out at Yom Hashoah vigil

Despite torrential rain, hundreds of New Yorkers turned out for a Yom Hashoah vigil at the Iranian UN Mission, on Sunday April 22, to express their concerns over Iran’s nuclear weapons program and its sponsorship of global terror. more

By Larry Domnitch | 4/26/12

Parshat Tazria-Metzora: Human development in two worlds

Due to their not (yet) having been translated by the Jewish publishing houses, much of the midrashic library is a treasure-trove of untouched gemstone mines. more

By Rabbi Avi Billet | 4/26/12

There are always opportunities that come up in life that can be turned into acts of chessed. On the evening of April 19, 2012 a group of 15 women and young girls gathered at the home of Shoshy Skolnick of North Woodmere. They all enjoyed a class on challah making as well as having the opportunity to make their own shlissel (key) challah. This special custom requires the putting of ones house key to be baked into challah for the first shabbos after Pesach. The idea is that just as you rid your house of all chametz for Pesach, one has faith that Hashem will once again fill their home with food for the coming year. Everyone enjoyed the evening and was excited to be baking their own challahs and filling up their homes with the smell of shabbos. That evening, over $350 was raised as tzaddakah for the refuah of a small boy in the Five Towns. The tzaddakah raised was distributed to Chai Lifeline and its I-Shine program,an after school program, that helps to relieve and give support to families with sick children. Shoshy Skolnick read books to the children at The Blue Door the following week.

On the Calendar

April 29 Third Annual 5Towns 5K Run/Walk at North Woodmere Park Kids FunRun 9:30 am Race begins at 10:00 am Proceeds to benefit FIDV-Beit Halochem Registration and check-in are between 8:00 AM and 9:30 AM. Registration information and details about the event can be found at www.5towns5k.org. Last year, we had over 500 participants and, with your help, we hope to double that number. more

4/26/12

Every minute counts with sudden cardiac arrest

The American Heart Association website notes that “anyone can learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and everyone should!” Rabbi Elozer Kanner, coordinator of Chevrah Hatzalah of the Rockaways and Nassau County concurs. more

By Malka Eisenberg | 4/26/12

HAFTR brings CPR home

About 310,000 Americans die every year from cardiac arrest at home or in a public place. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is one of a series of steps recommended by the American Heart Association in the “chain of survival” that when followed give a victim the greatest chance of surviving a sudden cardiac arrest. more

By Malka Eisenberg | 4/26/12