By Rabbi Avi Billet Issue of Dec. 26, 2008 / 29 Kislev 5769 Have you ever bumped into someone you haven’t seen in over 20 years? This is a common occurrence in unfortunate circumstances … more

Issue of Dec. 26, 2008 / 29 Kislev 5769 Angry about vote manipulation To the Editor: Shame on O.U. Senior Vice President David Luchins for manipulating the voting process at the … more

Birth Birth of Ariella to Sarah & David Casden (Woodmere, NY) - Dec. 10, 2008 Engagements Engagement of Jaime Frand (New York) & Chaya Zielinski (Brooklyn, … more

Issue of Dec. 26, 2008 / 29 Kislev 5769 Oceanside - The Friedberg JCC is holding tryouts for the 2009 JCC Maccabi games: There will be a coed tennis team, a coed swim team, and a boys basketball … more

Issue of Dec. 19, 2008 / 22 Kislev 5769 The full ramifications of events large or small are not always apparent right away. Sometimes we need to wait a little while as a new reality takes … more

By Yaffi Spodek Issue of Dec. 19, 2008 / 22 Kislev 5769 Allan Rothman, 56, a Far Rockaway man who suffers from diabetes, has been missing for a week. He was last seen on Wednesday, Dec. 10, … more

By Michael Orbach Issue of Dec. 19, 2008 / 22 Kislev 5769 On a wet Thursday afternoon, Nassau County Legislator Jeff Toback and a handful of protestors huddled under umbrellas, holding … more

By Yaffi Spodek Issue of Dec. 19, 2008 / 22 Kislev 5769 The Young Israel of Woodmere welcomed a large group of foreign visitors on Dec. 10, when HAFTR hosted its second annual Model United … more

As seen though the eyes of the (mostly) liberal Jewish media By David Benkof Issue of Dec. 19, 2008 / 22 Kislev 5769 This year saw many significant Jewish events, but which … more

Issue of Dec. 19, 2008 Dear That’s Life, I enjoyed your That’s Life story about the two Miriam Wallachs. It brought back memories of a similar situation that happened to me many years … more