The 5 Towns Jewish Times

By Esther Rapaport The curtain was pulled aside again. Gently, this time. “Excuse me.” Rachel’s smiling face peeked through the slit. “I just wanted to ask:...

Not everything that spoils in the heat is food-related. Sometimes, people get spoiled in the heat. Every morning, I listen to the weather forecast for...

Question: Why is there so much prejudice against Sephardi men? Isn’t a Jew a Jew? Does it matter what color our skin is, where we...

Recently, I have concluded the following: Donald Trump loves and is committed to protecting Israel. So is New York Times columnist Bret Stephens committed...

Over the last few weeks, I covered some of the high points of our recent jaunt to Israel, but, needless to say, not everything...

By Eric Rozenman for CAMERA Student, busy lay person, concerned news junkie -- anyone who would benefit from learning about the Arab conflict with Israel, and...

Dear Esther, I just found out that three couples, who I thought were really good friends of ours, are going away together with their families...

By Mordechai Schmutter There’s a lot of depressing news these days, so maybe we should focus on something lighter, like art news. That should cheer us...

Question: Why do my parents — and other parents also, I’m guessing — care so much when we waste time? If I chill out on...

Question: Why is there so much prejudice against Sephardi men? Isn’t a Jew a Jew? Does it matter what color our skin is, where we...

By Esther Rapaport They had given Dovi a painkiller, but the trauma, confusion, and fear, along with the strange place, didn’t let him fall asleep....

To The Editor: Andrew Cuomo is following the infamous Rose Garden Strategy of ignoring underdog Democratic Party challenger Cynthia Nixon by refusing to participate in a...

Question: I got out of a very bad marriage, and I was forced to enter the singles scene. I was hoping that after my divorce,...

Walking around central Jerusalem or dining in one of the city’s delightful and cutting-edge culinary establishments, it is near impossible to discern the trouble...

It was a momentous occasion. We were not in Kansas anymore, nor were we in the Five Towns, though it was easy to conjure...

Dear Esther, My 23-year-old son, Moshe, got married less than a year ago, and I don’t recognize him anymore. He is tall, handsome, and smart,...

https://youtu.be/gQfRciR7-lw This week's question: I got out of a very bad marriage, and I was forced to enter the singles scene. The men out there are...

By Mordechai Schmutter So I recently learned how to use a chainsaw. Who says you can’t learn new things as an adult? I had to do...

Question: My parents agreed that I can email you regarding a fight we’re having. My friends have bedtimes of 10 and later, and my parents...

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be / For loan oft loses both itself and friend” is a famous passage from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet,...

By Esther Rapaport “You didn’t finish your compote, Rachel,” Elsie said. Rachel wrinkled her nose. “Compote is such a hospital word,” she said. “In the dorm...

The New York Times real-estate section regularly discusses the problems with co-op boards in various parts of the city. The most recent one that made...