Tryouts this Sunday for competitive team By Malka Eisenberg Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 Black Belt Alex Sternberg is coming to the Jewish Community Center of the Greater … more

Parshat Bereishit By Rabbi Avi Billet Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 Chava bears two children, Kayin (Cain) and Hevel, and each one takes on a profession. Time passes, Kayin … more

I'm thinking By Micah D. Halpern Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 How far would you go to save your child? What rules would you break? What deals would you make with the … more

From the other side of the bench By David Seidemann Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 A Broadway producer couldn’t have staged it better.   There I stood in the middle of an … more

Elli Meyer, king of the Jewish bit part By Tova Ross Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 You may not know Elli Meyer, but you’ve probably seen him before. Meyer, 53, was the … more

By Eileen Goltz Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 When my youngest son Avi was in first or second grade (lo those many years ago) a teacher asked him, in the course of getting to know … more

Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 Dear That’s Life, Shabbat mornings in my home as an adult mimic my Shabbat mornings growing up, including angling for a section of The Times … more

NCSY estimates 15 more years to reach Jewish high schoolers By Michelle Bortnik Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 Rabbi Aryeh Lightstone, regional director of New York NCSY, was … more

By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 With the songs and festivities of Simchas Torah still echoing in the background, Shabbos Bereishis is now upon us, and with the return … more

Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 Cedarhurst - OHEL Children's Home and Family Services invites the community to Fingerprinting for Kids, a mini-fair to help keep kids safe. They'll provide … more