Quicken Loans and the Issue of Ribis
by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Agudas Yisroel recently published a Psak Din signed by leading Gedolim about the prohibition in borrowing money from Quicken Loans without a Heter Iskah. Among those...
FIDF South Shore Gala Reveals Portraits In Courage
By Michele Justic
A petite young woman begins, “I live on a ship.” The video reveals the full picture. IDF Sgt. Shachar intercepted drones heading for the Karish gas field...
Assessment Update: Legislature Considers ‘Assessment Bill Of Rights’
By Legislator Howard Kopel
I am pleased to share that my “Assessment Bill of Rights” legislation has passed its first hurdle in the legislative review process. Last week, the legislature’s...
Brown V. Lobl
By Larry Gordon
Early voting is under way at your usual polling places in the assembly district that will decide this race. As mentioned previously, it turns out that two...
Yoetzet Halacha Initiative Hosts Program at Beth Shalom
Last week, the Yoetzet Halacha Initiative of the Five Towns hosted its second annual Wine and Wisdom event at Beth Sholom in Lawrence. Over 200 women came out to...
53 Area Rabbis Come Out Against New Community Hashgacha
To our Beloved Five Towns and Far Rockaway Community,
Our community is very unique in that we have a hashgocha where the kashrus professionals work under the auspices of the community...
Yoetzet Program Features Wine and Wisdom Event
By Lisa Septimus
My oldest daughter was on her middle school debate team. Every time she was assigned a new topic, she would feel the pressure to come up with...
Don’t Panic: My First Two Weeks In Israel
By Reuben M. Gampel
After all the discussion and planning with my parents, family, rebbes, and friends, Rosh Chodesh Elul finally arrived, and I am at Yeshivat HaKotel in the...
Remembering Chris Stefan
By Larry Gordon
When you drive down Rockaway Turnpike, either on the way home or to visit friends or family, most of the time you will come to a stop...
Pic: Far rockaway residents Yosef & Chani Newman their children Making Aliya.
Far rockaway residents Yosef & Chani Newman their children Serach,Nechama, and Emuna. Making Aliya.  Their parents Harvey and Joanne Newman of Monsey saying goodbye.
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Addressing V’Lo Yilbash
Sometimes, a general prohibition is well-known, but the details of the prohibition are foreign even to seasoned talmidei chachamim. Although the prohibition of v’lo...
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Elad Benari, Canada
At least seven people were killed and several others were injured, including one critically, in a shooting attack on a synagogue in...
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