Rabbi Eliezer Waldman visits the Five Towns Issue of December 18, 2009/ 1 Tevet 5770 By Michael Orbach Tensions flared Sunday night after Israel’s Ministry of Defense cut ties between the … more

HANC 12th-grader directs his first film By Michael Orbach Issue of December 18, 2009/ 1 Tevet 5770 Jordan David Lifshitz, known as JD to family and friends, has the usual worries of a … more

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By Michael Orbach Issue of December 11, 2009/ 24 Kislev 5770 Ohel, at age 40 America’s largest Jewish social service agency, has gotten a facelift. Formerly known as Ohel-Beis Ezra, Ohel … more

Issue of December 11, 2009/ 24 Kislev 5770 Meet Rebecca, the latest in the American Girl doll company’s historial series. In nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin ’s world the year is 1914 — she’s … more

By Michael Orbach Issue of December 11, 2009/ 24 Kislev 5770 CUNY Trustee and Great Neck resident Jeffrey Wiesenfeld is standing by his decision to interrupt New York City Councilman … more

Issue of December 11 2009/ 24 Kislev 5770 Rabbi Shlomo Bochner, founder of Bonei Olam, with an infant born to Danny and Miriam Kogan — their second b”H, as a result of fertility … more

I'm thinking by Micah D. Halpern Issue of December 11, 2009/ 24 Kislev 5770 The trial of John Demjanjuk is underway in Germany. The proceeding will not run smoothly if for no other reason … more

From the other side of the bench By David Seidemann Issue of December 11, 2009/ 24 Kislev 5770 Let me see if I get this straight. The Salahis are invited by Congress to chat about the … more

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman Issue of December 11, 2009/ 24 Kislev 5770 In my work as a rabbi, I get to meet all types of people and hear a lot of personal experiences. When I became … more