The 5 Towns Jewish Times

They are the originators of fake news, long before it was known by its current moniker. And today, though it has been exposed as...

  I keep trying to write about the highlights of our trip to Israel and I realize that the trip itself is a highlight. We...

The Wrong Side Of The Issue Dear Editor, As I was reading the names Schumer, Feinstein, Nader, and Blumenthal in “The Left is Livid” (From the...

https://youtu.be/zwn_LZcf_Tc Question: I was very young when I got married for the first time. When I came home from seminary I only dated boys who learned...

By Tamara Hirsch, LMFT I have been on an anti-phone and social media rant. Two weeks ago I wrote about social media dictating our happiness...

Question: I’m a ten-year-old girl writing this letter (with help from my mother). My parents want me to dress in a way that they say...

It is said that every cloud has a silver lining. For me, never have these words been truer than with regard to the almighty...

  It’s time once again to talk about the annual Ig Nobel Prizes, a spoof of the Nobel Prizes that celebrates people who are advanced...

  My husband went to a shiur the other night and came back with a story that I thought I would share. The rabbi giving...

By Dr. Alex Sternberg Books have been written, many by survivors, about arriving in Auschwitz, describing the conditions that awaited them. Although some accounts differ,...

By Esther Rapaport The children fidgeted excitedly near the counter. It was no wonder; when was the last time they had seen their mother take...

  For as long as most people of my generation can remember, certain foods were always considered non-kosher. I never consumed swordfish or sturgeon. They...

Rabbi Hoffman: If I may make you aware, this phenomenon does not just exist in shuls where the Rabbi delivers a drosho. I happen to...

  The 24th Rachel’s Children Reclamation Foundation Dinner will take place at 4 p.m. on October 21, at the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center, 60 West...

By Shmuel Katz It’s election season for you in the U.S. You’ve got the midterm elections coming up in about a month, and all the...

  Dear Esther, With the yomim tovim over, I’m having a very hard time shaking this feeling that I’ve felt from Rosh Hashanah and on. There...

By Dvorah Levy, LCSW I had been lamenting to friends about my empty nest until, over the summer, two birds, weeks apart, found their way...

He is a young, energetic businessman with a passion for life who is concerned about those around him and will do anything for the...

Although I started writing this while we were still in Israel, we returned on Sunday morning and I finished it up in the States....

By Larry Gordon Here is why we Jews might be in deep trouble. The reason is: Blumenthal, Feinstein, Schumer, Nadler, Engel, and so on down...

Question: I’m a mature man who has been dating for many years. Every woman I ask out will say that I treat her like gold....

There are plenty of quirky places to explore in Israel if you are looking for options beyond the regular touristy places most people gravitate...