Issue of October 16 2009 / 29 Tishrei 5770 WIKIJIHAD To the Editor: I want to compliment your recent article “ Backyard bullies on Wikipedia ” (Ari Lieberman; October 2, 2009) which … more

Two local inventors bring products to market in a recession By Michael Orbach Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 The economy may be slow but things are picking up for two South Shore … more

The knock on secular college By Rabbi Reuven Spolter Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 Your son is ecstatic. He just received a letter granting him admission to the summer program … more

The miracle of Migdal Ohr By Michael Orbach Issue of October 16 / 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 After witnessing the Six Day War, Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman,  a seventh generation Yerushalmi … more

American soldiers at a small combat outpost outside of Baghdad said thanks after they received a little love and warm wishes from kids on Long Island who were thinking of them this summer. HAFTR's … more

The Torah commands us twice to rejoice on Sukkot. For Shavuot it only says to rejoice one time. For Pesach “joy” is not mentioned at all: it’s hard to rejoice when you’re thinking about the … more

Issue of Oct. 2, 2009 / 14 Tishrei 5770 hen someone shows you who they really are, believe them. It's good advice in the schoolyard and in the workplace, but on the stage of history that truism … more

Issue of Oct. 2, 2009 / 14 Tishrei 5770 Stalin not such a bad guy? To the Editor: A recent article by Jay Gerber (“A myth destroyed”; September 4, 2009) alleges that Stalin … more

Several years ago it seemed the height of irony when Madonna told an interviewer about the strict limits she set on her young daughter’s television viewing since so much of what is on TV these days … more

By Mayer Fertig Issue of Oct. 2, 2009 / 14 Tishrei 5770 Many books guide parents through the medical pitfalls of childrearing. This is the first we’ve seen that does so through the prism of … more