First Wedding Held in Local Ateres Sara Wedding Hall
Five Towns Jewish Times exclusive
It was a remarkable launch for the new local wedding hall, as a leading talmid of Sh’or Yoshuv married a local young woman in the...
Social Media: Striving for Awesomeness or Excellence
When you are paying, you need excellence. Other times, awesome is good enough.
How exciting it is to be instantly connected! But today some realize that online is often unreal....
Short Or Short-Changed? Today’s Video, Part 1
Photo Prose
By Gary Rabenko
Heard the story of the person who saved everything–even pieces of string too short to be of any use? That person was not an editor! Editors...
Rabenko: Working Conditions
Photographers and videographers need to be more sensitive to clients’ needs and concerns, as well as to the many vendors involved in making each event what it is and...
Fears Or Friends
Photo Prose
By Gary Rabenko
Man’s best friend? My parents taught me compassion. If someone was ill or needed help, I was not to just stand by apathetically, but I was...
Photo Expo Ends Photographer!
Photo Prose
By Gary Rabenko
The Photo Expo at the Javitz Center, which I try to attend each year, took place a couple of weeks ago. Everyone I spoke with agreed...
Hanan Ben Ari
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
5TJT: Your music seems to have a special theme to it—where you tap into genuine emotions that people feel in different stages of their lives and...
Rabenko: What Tree Do You See?
Trees? I never paid them much mind when I was young and did not think they were beautiful, functional, or valuable. I was a city boy and whether as...
Ishay Ribo Fills United Palace Theater For Uplifting and Energizing Chanukah Concert
By Chaim Kronenberg
Last Sunday evening, Zos Chanukah, at the United Palace Theater in Manhattan, a large crowd welcomed to the stage with wild cheering Israeli sensation Ishay Ribo, dressed...
Bnai Zion Foundation to Host Annual NYC Gala
Bnai Zion Foundation, now in its 110th year of building a more inclusive, healthy, and vibrant Israel, will host its annual New York Gala on Sunday, November 4 at...
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Thousands March to Threatened Biblical Site in Samaria
Israeli politicians, local leaders, prominent rabbis and others marched on Monday as part of a Sukkot event to a threatened site in northern Samaria...
Guilty Pleas: Joseph Borgen Attackers Face Years Behind Bars
(October 2, 2023 / JNS)
On Wednesday in New York City, Mahmoud Musa and Mohammed Othman pleaded guilty to second-degree assault as a hate crime for their...
Shemini Atzeret In the Wake of the Yom Kippur War
October 18,1973
“HOW CAN WE BE HAPPY ON THIS SIMCHAT TORAH?”
Earlier this week, a number of people called me to express their very deeply held...