Issue of March 6, 2009 / 10 Adar 5769 For years, Mideast watchers have objected to the term “cycle of violence,” a media favorite, on the grounds that it morally equivocates between Arab … more

Lev Leytzan honors local volunteers who clown around for a good cause By Yaffi Spodek Issue of March 6, 2009 / 10 Adar 5769 Who needs stodgy old awards like Guest of Honor and Parent of … more

High school girls’ choirs compete for tzedaka By Malka Eisenberg Issue of March 6, 2009 / 10 Adar 5769 Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central) may have won first place in … more

New YU initiative aims to stop rising costs By Michael Orbach March 10, 2009 / 10 Adar 5769 At least one local school reports tuition payments are down at least seven to 10 percent this … more

Nefesh B’Nefesh pitches Aliyah to the Yeshiva world By Michael Orbach Issue of March 6, 2009 / 10 Adar 5769 Advertisements for several recent Nefesh B’Nefesh events didn’t actually … more

Fund raising planned for West Hempstead and Oceanside By Yaffi Spodek Issue of March 6, 2009 / 10 Adar 5769 With the recession deepening and a seemingly ever-increasing number of jobs … more

By Mayer Fertig Issue of March 6, 2009 / 10 Adar 5769 The people who tried and failed to ruin the Lipa Schmeltzer concert billed as “The Event” weren’t missed at the WaMu Theater at … more

By Mayer Fertig Issue of March 6, 2009 / 10 Adar 5769 When word got out Saturday night of the shocking loss of Levi Yitzchok Wolowik, administrators of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, where he was a … more

By Dovid Zaklikowski Issue of March 6, 2009 / 10 Adar 5769 More than 500 people packed the banquet hall of the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst for the annual dinner of the Chabad of the Five … more

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