By Michael Orbach Issue of Feb. 27, 2009 / 3 Adar 5769 My father, a theology professor turned software developer, a man who is generally inured to the trappings of wealth, has a favorite … more

Issue of Feb. 27, 2009 / 3 Adar 5769 Cedarhurst - Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst and Bnei Akiva North America are happy to announce the launching of a new Bnei Akiva chapter in the Five … more

Orthodox institutions pitch in, reach out, in time of need By Michael Orbach Issue of Feb. 27, 2009 / 3 Adar 5769 A fire that killed four members of the same family in North Lawrence … more

By Mayer Fertig Issue of Feb. 27, 2009 / 3 Adar 5769 Rabbi Moshe Weitman z”l, the first and only dean of Torah Academy for Girls in the Far Rockaway yeshiva’s 45-year history, passed away … more

By Mayer Fertig Issue of Feb. 27, 2009 / 3 Adar 5769 The Yeshiva basketball league season will go down to the wire in Lawrence. The commissioner of the Metropolitan Yeshiva High School … more

In My View By Elizabeth Berney, Esq. Issue of Feb. 27, 2009 / 3 Adar 5769 Words can be very powerful and can be very destructive. History has shown us the incredible damage that a false … more

Opinion: Right Angle By Rabbi Avi Shafran Issue of Feb. 27, 2009 / 3 Adar 5769 A bicentennial as jubilant as this year’s hasn’t been seen since the commemoration in 1976 of our … more

Opinion: From the other side of the bench By David Seidemann Issue of Feb. 27, 2009 / 3 Adar 5769 The other day a friend called me and asked if he could send a Rabbi from Israel to my … more

A review of seasonal literature to learn from Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber Issue of Feb. 27, 2009 / 3 Adar 5769 With Shabbos Shekalim and Rosh Chodesh Adar now behind us, our minds, … more

By Yaffi Spodek Issue of Feb. 27, 2009 / 3 Adar 5769 Odelia Goldberg, a Lawrence attorney, was recently elected co-president of the Five Towns Democratic Club, to serve alongside Steve … more