Bagel Store: Fraud Investigation
You have seen the full-page ad in this newspaper for over a year now. Around a year ago, an attorney bought space in the paper, looking for people who,...
Heard in the Bagel Store: Making A Shidduch
The lament is a recurring one: If only everyday people like you and me would take it upon themselves to attempt to make a shidduch, the current crisis that...
Bagel Store: Why is Everyone Talking About Shtisel?
The reader might be asking, “What is ‘Shtisel?’”
Is Shtisel the latest craze or talk of the town? Well, yes and no. “Shtisel” is the last name of a fictional...
Bagel Store: Happy and Sad
By Larry Gordon
There was not that much time to think about it, and that is part of the gift from Above, I suppose.
There were a few times over the...
From the Editor: Together in a Better Place
It is not yet three months, though it seems like the tragedy that abbreviated the lives of Elisheva Kaplan and Yisroel Levin, a’h, is something that we have been...
Nazi Victim Services
One of the prompts on a call I made said, “For Nazi Victim Services press one.” I didn’t listen to the rest of the recording because that was what...
Heard in the Bagel Store: Continuing the Kaylie Legacy
When you speak about Gloria Kaylie and her late husband, Harvey, a’h, and their involvement in so many aspects of Jewish life, you are talking about philanthropy with important...
Heard in the Bagel Store: Taking the Lead
It is a confluence of prominent women in the Five Towns and surrounding communities who have been meeting for most of the last year regarding an idea. The project...
From the Editor: Dr. Richard Friedman, A”H
By Larry Gordon
What happened last Saturday night about an hour after Shabbos was life-altering and shattering to Dr. Richie Friedman’s family, as well as a shock and astounding loss...
Bagel Store: The Other Shoe Drops
It finally happened. Aaron D. Fischman, the founder and proprietor of Cardis Enterprises, was indicted last week in the theft of $22 million of investor money dating back to...
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