From the Editor

From the Editor September 3, 2025

A Minyan In Damascus

By: Larry Gordon Moshe Klein lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He describes himself as a “Satmar yungerman” with an unusual interest. Moshe...

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From the Editor September 3, 2025

Meeting Miri Regev

By: Larry Gordon It was a feisty but deeply meaningful discussion. The exchange was held over dinner at one of...

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5 Towns Community From the Editor August 27, 2025

Meeting Congressman Brian Mast

By: Larry Gordon Congressman Brian Mast (R-Fla.) is a great legislator and an important friend of Israel and the Jewish...

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From the Editor 5 Towns Community August 27, 2025

The Possible Dream

By: Larry Gordon Last week we did an in-depth look into the life of a single Israeli soldier who spent...

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From the Editor Heard In The Bagel Store August 27, 2025

The Elul Zman

By: Larry Gordon Two of our grandsons arrived in Israel this week to study Torah in Jerusalem for the year....

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From the Editor Heard In The Bagel Store August 27, 2025

Israel, Again

By: Larry Gordon For decades things went smoothly. We would call a travel agent or go online and book our...

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From the Editor August 20, 2025

War! What It’s Good For

By: Larry Gordon As you can see by the state of the world these days, war is good for absolutely...

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From the Editor August 20, 2025

Meet Adi

By : Larry Gordon He’s just one of thousands of young Israeli soldiers who spent almost two years fighting Hamas...

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From the Editor August 13, 2025

Israel’s Friends

By: Larry Gordon It’s a complex subject whose philosophical essence is currently taking its place center stage in the media....

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From the Editor August 6, 2025

Mistrusting The Media

By Larry Gordon There was some reluctance regarding the cancellation, but it had to be done. It was a combination...

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From the Editor July 31, 2025

Over That Ocean

The first picture on the news Monday morning was of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer standing with his wife, Victoria...

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From the Editor July 23, 2025

Now It’s Epstein

By Larry Gordon The very wealthy and notorious debauchery expert, Jeffrey Epstein, died in prison a few years ago in...

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From the Editor July 16, 2025

The Jewish Vote

By Larry Gordon Are the Jews in New York, who are looked down upon with so much unbridled disdain by...

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From the Editor July 9, 2025

School Board Shakeup

The Lawrence District School Board selected longtime board member, Heshy Blachorsky as the new president of School District #15. The...

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From the Editor July 9, 2025

All The Hostages

By Larry Gordon Ben Shapiro made the point on Fox News Monday morning that the war or the crisis or...

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From the Editor Heard In The Bagel Store July 9, 2025

Sisters Helping Sisters

So much of our lives is about dealing with the unexpected and unanticipated situations that life throws at us. Such...

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From the Editor July 3, 2025

Two States

By Larry Gordon The misunderstanding that spilled out of the news cycle last week was that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...

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From the Editor Heard In The Bagel Store July 3, 2025

Golf, Tefillin, Boca

The headline could be part of the question: Which one of these things does not belong? Actually, it’s a complicated but at...

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