From the other side of the bench By David Seidemann Issue of April 3, 2009 / 9 Nissan 5769 If each book of the five books of Moses was a movie in and of itself, and if Hollywood movie … more

Great Neck philanthropist joins YU team By Yaffi Spodek Issue of April 3, 2009 / 9 Nissan 5769 Alan Kestenbaum, CEO of Marco International Corp., a finance trading group specializing in … more

Shaina Safer, a student at Kulanu, proudly displays her New York State Home Health Aide Certificate. The certificate was presented to Shaina by Julia M. Blair RN, MA Director of the JMB Home … more

Issue of April 3, 2009 / 9 Nissan 5769 Engagements Ed Bloom (Phoenix, AZ) & Alena Levine (Short Hills, AZ) — March 29, 2009 Sara Bulmash (Brooklyn, NY) & Yaakov … more

Local students, Chabad to bury time capsules after Bircat HaChama By Yaffi Spodek Issue of April 3, 2009 / 9 Nissan 5769 Chabad of Mineola is preparing to celebrate the mitzvah of Bircat … more

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By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of March 27, 2009 / 2 Nissan 5769 In his introduction to “Haggadah and History” (Jewish Publications Society, 1975), historian Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi noted the … more

Issue of March 27, 2009 / 2 Nissan 5769 In 1897, Bircat HaChama did not go smoothly in New York City. According to a report in The New York Times the following day, “the celebration ... was … more

By Rabbi Avi Billet Issue of March 27, 2009 / 2 Nissan 5769 In his comment on Exodus 12:15, former Chief Rabbi of England Rabbi J.H. Hertz writes, “Leaven is the symbol of corruption, … more

From the other side of the bench By David Seidemann Issue of March 27, 2009 / 4 Nissan 5769 A child is born and eight days later he is passed from one person to another, to another and … more