A Portrait Of Three Generations
Photo by The Jerry Meyer Studio
On Monday, November 12, at the Eden Palace, the Jerry Meyer Studio reached the milestone of having photographed the weddings of three generations–grandmother, mother,...
A Yam I Am . . . Or Not
By Elke Probkevitz
You say sweet potato, I say yam. But is there really a difference? Yes! Sweet potatoes and yams are both root vegetables but are actually not related...
A Hurricane Wedding
By Gabriel Solomon
LifeCapture Images
Being a wedding photographer, I am often asked to describe “the nicest wedding I have ever seen.” Over the past 20 years, I have been to...
A Wedding To Remember
Through all the chaos, last Tuesday evening, November 6, Shira Herman of Harborview, daughter of Tommy and Debbie Herman, was married to Sendy Yaffe, son of Rabbi Mordechai and...
Home Is Where The Heart Is
By Michele Justic
Where can you turn to when your house is flooded and you’re surrounded by cold and darkness? When people began climbing out of the mess from Hurricane...
Save Time And Cook Slow
By Elke Probkevitz
In the hectic life of a busy mom, getting delicious fresh meals to the table every night can be a difficult task. The slow cooker, or Crock-Pot,...
NYU Hospital Outpatients Back Monday; ER Still Closed
NEW YORK - New York University's Langone Medical Center plans to reopen its doctors' offices and out-patient procedure and testing sites on Monday but its emergency department remains closed...
Designer Issues
By Hannah Reich Berman
Designers are creative people with a talent and a desire to share that talent. But, when it comes to some of them, why they get paid...
Kosher Kitchen Makeover At Margaret Tietz Center
Last Thursday, I called my husband and invited him to join me for lunch at the Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jamaica Hills. They were celebrating the...
Sandy’s Blackout Threatens to Destroy Trove of Medical Research
Hundreds of researchers at the shuttered NYU Langone Medical Centerscrambled today to salvage years of research into heart disease, cancer and other diseases as well as priceless lab specimens...
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Production Begins on Yom Kippur War Miniseries ‘Valley of Tears’
BY CURT SCHLEIER
(JTA) — Shooting has begun on Israel’s highest budget television show ever.
“Valley of Tears,” an ambitious eight-episode miniseries that depicts the 1973...
Who’s Funding Illegal Palestinian Settlements In Area C?
By Edwin Black
Part 1
“Area C,” also known as Judea and Samaria, is making news these days. This time, the hot-button issue is illegal Palestinian...
Soft Landing In Israel Through Disability Care, Inclusion
By Noam Mirvis
For most, moving to Israel is the realization of a dream. After years of hoping and planning, making aliyah and taking root...