This Week's Edition

By R Chaim Bruk I am tired, perhaps exhausted; it’s been a very long month of pre-Pesach prep and yom tov. But tiredness aside, we just wrapped up an incredible Pesach,...

R' Moshe Taragin On a cold October day in 1941, the Jews of the Kovno Ghetto were assembled at an umshlagplatz (gathering place), about to be deported to their eventual...

By Yair Hoffman Sefiras HaOmer: An Overview What follows is an overview of some of the spiritual dimensions of sefiras haomer followed by some of the pertinent halachos. Aside from the...

CHISINAU, Moldova (JTA) — MacBook under his arm and sporting the latest AirPods, Shimshon Izakson looked as if — with a change of outfit — he could have just...

By Dr. Asher Mansdorf Simon and Garfunkel penned a tune many years ago that seems fitting as an introduction to the comments made at the April 4 Rockville Center Village...

By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Today was National Siblings Day and I personally have always been a stickler for celebrating national days in some capacity. On National Chocolate Day, I eat it,...

By Larry Gordon Next week, or if you are reading this after or on the second days of yom tov, last week, is what we usually refer to as a...

By Larry Gordon The young woman approached the podium last week in Rockville Centre, Long Island with a look of assured confidence. She was going to address the village board...

By Yochanan Gordon It’s well-known that the Haggadah shel Pesach, outside of perhaps the Chumash, is the most widely reproduced book in all Jewish publishing. An old joke that was...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Some racism is politically incorrect. And other forms are “supposedly” fine. Let’s do an experiment. If you are in a classroom and have a smartboard, play...