From the other side of the bench By David Seidemann Issue of August 6, 2010/ 26 Av 5770 My office phone rang the other day and a gentleman on the line identified himself as Darrell. I … more

Issue of August 6, 2010/ 26 Av 5770 By Tara Brafman On a recent Shabbat, we went to my neighbor for seudah shlishit, the third Shabbat meal, for a celebration. My neighbor’s son, Avi, … more

August 6, 2010/ 26 Av, 5770 Who is the most desperate, destitute member of the Jewish society? It’s a loaded question and there is no correct answer. Unless you specify from whose perspective. … more

Issue of August 6, 2010/ 26 Av, 5770 Dear Aviva, My daughter, a bright and lovely adolescent, has a summer job with a couple that we know. She is helping the wife manage her at-home business and … more

Issue of August 6, 2010/ 26 Av, 5770 By Malka Eisenberg Six Yeshiva University students stepped back in time this summer, to around the year 3080, during the rule of King Yehoash of Judah. The … more

Issue of August 6, 2010/ 26 Av 5770 By Sergey Kadinsky Rabbi Manfred Gans was 26 years old when Congregation Machane Chodosh, then in Crown Heights, chose him as its second rabbi. He’s 86 now … more

Issue of August 6, 2010, 26 Av, 5770 By Michael Orbach On Tuesday afternoon, Shalom Silbermintz was figuring out how to outsmart Spirit Airlines. He had just gotten back from Defcon, the largest … more

'I feel like they got the story wrong: he was supposed to tackle the guy, take away his gun and save everyone' Issue of August 6, 2010/ 26 Av 5770 By Michael Orbach One of the victims of … more

Parshat Eikev by Rabbi Avi Billet Issue of July 30, 2010/ 19 Av 5770 Other than former current events, nothing dates a Jewish book more than when discussing or quoting a deceased great … more

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