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5 Towns Community
September 3, 2025
Achiezer Men’s Health Event
Your health can’t wait. How many of us don’t even have a primary care doctor? Skipping checkups and pushing off...
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5 Towns Community
September 2, 2025
Long Beach And Lido Jewish Communities Gather For Annual Labor Day Barbecue Honoring Local Police Officers
Members of the Long Beach and Lido Beach Jewish communities gathered this past Sunday to show appreciation and honor the...
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5 Towns Community
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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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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5 Towns Community
August 27, 2025
County Executive Bruce Blakeman Announces New Police Response Team To Keep Nassau Schools And Communities Safe
On August 27, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman joined Nassau County Commissioner of Police Patrick Ryder, Nassau County Council of...
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5 Towns Community
August 27, 2025
Brown Slams Liberty New York Water for Unfair, Unethical Business Practices
Assemblyman Ari Brown (R-Cedarhurst) recently wrote a letter to Liberty New York Water calling it out for deceptive billing practices, steep and...
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Advice
September 2, 2025
More Than Just Words
Every year begins with the same chorus: be grateful, be aligned, change your mindset, change your life, be intentional. These...
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Advice
September 1, 2025
He Said/She Said
DISCLAIMER: The following column is a composite of several different experiences I have had with clients. It does not depict...
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Advice
September 1, 2025
Building The Broken Bonds Of The Blended Family
By Yael Stern There is an ancient practice in Japanese culture called “Kintsugi,” in which the broken shards of a...
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Advice
September 1, 2025
Of Clocks And Calendars
Back in the day, when yeshiva structured my life, the onset of the month of Elul was a tense time. We felt something change...
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Advice
August 27, 2025
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Elul is here. The “King is in the field,” waiting to hear our prayers and requests, always available to us. So,...
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Advice
August 27, 2025
Fear: The Silent Prison Guard
Recently, someone called me and confided, “My job feels like a prison sentence. I’m good at what I do and...
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Antisemitism
June 5, 2025
Israel returns bodies of two hostages from Gaza
Terrorists murdered Judy Weinstein-Haggai and Gadi Haggai at Kibbutz Nir Oz, then carried their bodies to the Strip. (June 5,...
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Books
May 5, 2025
How A Rabbi And PhD Gained The Most Insight From His Mother: Review of “Happiness in the Face of Adversity: Powerful Torah ideas from a Mom’s parting words”
By Rabbi Elie Feder, PhD, $19.99 (196p) ISBN 978-1961602670 Review by Michele Justic The greatest scholars, philosophers, and scientists of...
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Dating
September 2, 2025
DATING FORUM
Question I got married in my late 30s. My husband and I are pretty close in age, so I know...
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Dating
August 27, 2025
DATING FORUM
Hi, I’m very much a “girl code” follower and I know I can’t break that rule. I have a question....
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Dating
August 19, 2025
DATING FORUM
Question I’ve been a regular reader of your column for several years and can really benefit from your helpful advice....
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Dating
August 11, 2025
DATING FORUM
Question I officially started dating for marriage because, like everyone tells me, it’s time for me to get a wife....
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Dating
August 5, 2025
DATING FORUM
Question When I turned 23, I saw that I needed to get an apartment on the UWS and leave my...
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Dating
July 28, 2025
Dating Forum
Question I’m dating a man who is a widower with children. His oldest is 20 and his youngest is a...
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Education
August 27, 2025
Back To School Is Hard: Parents Can Help
By Chaim Neuhoff, PhD Director of Community Outreach and Clinical Program Development, Ohel As summer winds down and we begin...
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Education
August 27, 2025
Avi Fertig Named Director of Career Services at Touro University’s Lander College of Arts & Sciences
Avi Fertig of Woodmere was appointed Director of Career Services at Touro University’s Lander College of Arts & Sciences, Dean...
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Education
August 20, 2025
Protecting Our Kids: Real School Safety Requires Action, Not Politics
By Congressman Anthony D’Esposito With back-to-school season just weeks away, parents across Long Island are preparing their children for another...
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Education
August 19, 2025
New OU-JLIC Directors Bring Fresh Energy To Seven Leading Universities
JLIC NYU co-directors Elayanna and Rabbi Zechariah Rosenthal Rabbi AJ and Yakira Baumol didn’t set out to work full-time in...
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Education
August 19, 2025
The Great Bohemian Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Avraham Broda and his Student, Rabbi Natanael Weil, Author of Korban Nesanel
The Great Bohemian Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Avraham Broda and his Student, Rabbi Natanael Weil, Author of Korban Nesanel Standing at...
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Education
August 4, 2025
Exploring Jewish History And Learning In The City Of Seven Hills
Touro University’s summer trip to Rome connected students to Jewish life past and present By Mordechai Cywiak This summer I...
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Food
September 3, 2025
Five Towns Cooking Demo At ICC Benefits Israeli Farmers in Otef Aza
By Tova Kantrowitz On Tuesday, September 16 at 7:30 p.m., the Israel Chesed Center will host a cooking demonstration featuring Chef Michele...
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Food
September 2, 2025
Reheating Pasta—With Success!
Ever wonder why pasta in a restaurant always tastes so fresh and is perfectly sauced? Pasta is one of those...
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Food
August 27, 2025
Return Of The Weeknight Dinner
When I’m sitting in my kayak and look up at the blue summer skies, it seems as though summer will...
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Food
August 19, 2025
The Hidden Light Of Israeli Wine: Or Haganuz Winery And Its Mission
By Joshua E. London One of Israel’s hidden wine gems is the Or Haganuz winery, founded in 2005 in the...
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Food
August 19, 2025
Back-To-School Breakfasts
Back to school already? For some, the end of summer is the sad end to freedom; for others, it ushers...
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Food
August 13, 2025
Last Licks Of BBQ
Walking outside on a Sunday evening, you can’t help but detect the subtle, unmistakable scent of grilling meat in the...
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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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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
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
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
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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Health / Nutrition
September 1, 2025
Of Clocks And Calendars
Back in the day, when yeshiva structured my life, the onset of the month of Elul was a tense time. We felt something change...
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Health / Nutrition
August 20, 2025
Stuck In The Same Mental Loops? Here’s How Ketamine Therapy Helps You Shift
By Dr. Haviva Malina When emotional heaviness lingers for too long, it starts to affect how you see the world,...
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Health / Nutrition
August 5, 2025
My Juggling Act
Dr. B. Aviva Preminger, MD, MPH, FACS This summer, I had two young religious girls interning in my office—one nursing...
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Health / Nutrition
July 28, 2025
A Natural Path To Fertility Support
For numerous couples and individuals, the journey to parenthood is not always straightforward. Whether it is primary or secondary infertility,...
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Health / Nutrition
July 28, 2025
Israeli Search & Recovery Team Aids Texas First Responders Following Deadly Flooding
Following the devastating floods that swept through the Hill Country region of Texas in early July, ZAKA Search and Rescue...
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Health / Nutrition
July 28, 2025
In Its First Year, ICAR Collective Accelerates Israel’s Mental Health Response To Oct. 7 Through Strategic Coordination
In Its First Year, ICAR Collective Accelerates Israel’s Mental Health Response To Oct. 7 Through Strategic Coordination In its first...
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Home
September 3, 2025
Unconditional Christian Love For Israel
Since the Palestinian terror organization Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, Hamas and their supporters among the global forces of...
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Home
September 3, 2025
Remembering Yankie
By: Sandy Eller He was a one-man chesed machine, a relentless individual whose passion for helping others drove him to spend full...
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Home
September 2, 2025
First line to the sea! Endless views!
Shirat HaYam: Luxury Seaside Living In Netanya Shirat HaYam, Netanya’s newest and most exclusive seaside neighborhood, offers luxury living next...
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Home
August 27, 2025
Why Everyone Over 18 Needs An Estate Plan
Many people associate estate planning with retirement, extreme wealth, or complex family dynamics. But the reality is far simpler and...
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Home
August 26, 2025
A New Chapter For A Beloved Rabbi: Rabbi N. Daniel Korobkin To Lead New Anglo Community In New Katamon, Jerusalem
A New Chapter For A Beloved Rabbi: Rabbi N. Daniel Korobkin To Lead New Anglo Community In New Katamon, Jerusalem...
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Home
August 20, 2025
Labor Of Love: Elevating The Birthing Experience At St. John’s Episcopal
The Right Rev. Lawrence C. Provenzano, pres. and chairman of the EHS Board of Trustees congratulates Dr. Donald T. Morrish,...
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Inside Out
September 3, 2025
Chai Elul: The Definition Of Life
By Yochanan Gordon This coming week marks Chai Elul, the birthday of the Baal Shem Tov and his spiritual heir...
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Inside Out
August 27, 2025
Mutual Milestones
By Yochanan Gordon As adults, the milestones we mark grow fewer and farther between. Beyond weddings, anniversaries, and perhaps a...
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Inside Out
August 20, 2025
Inside Out
By Yochanan Gordon I realize that the title and header are the same: this was done by design. Allow me...
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Inside Out
August 13, 2025
(Don’t) Sweat The Small Stuff
By Yochanan Gordon This article has been proofread and edited by a number of editors. Before it was completed and...
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Inside Out
August 6, 2025
Only G-d Can Comfort Us
By Yochanan Gordon I’ve heard people express how difficult it is to mourn the loss of something we’ve never seen...
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Inside Out
July 31, 2025
A Visit Home
By Yochanan Gordon It’s been five weeks since we stood in the parking lot at Marshalls on Rockaway Turnpike, waving...
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Israel
September 4, 2025
Veteran told multiple outlets he witnessed IDF forces kill the boy at humanitarian aid site in May
MIDDLE EAST Gaza boy, said to be killed by IDF, is alive Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden (Abboud,) 8 years old...
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Israel
August 28, 2025
Secure Your Future in Israel With a Home of Your Own
In a world where uncertainty looms and anti-Semitism shows its face more boldly than ever, the decision to invest in...
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Israel
August 25, 2025
Nefesh B’Nefesh’s 65th Charter Aliyah Flight Arrives During Record Month Of Aliyah In Two Decades
225 olim from North America arrived on August 20 at Ben Gurion Airport aboard Nefesh B’Nefesh’s 65th charter aliyah flight. This specially chartered EL...
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Israel
August 12, 2025
You Only Shanah Aleph Once
By Aaron Bortz, LMSW A therapist’s guide to making the most of a transformative year in Israel When I was...
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Israel
August 5, 2025
From Gush Katif To Rebuilt Ganei Tal And The Moringa Forest
By Moti and Hana Sender, as told to Toby Klein Greenwald Part I I originally met Moti and Hana because...
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Israel
August 4, 2025
August 2005: The Month the Israeli Supreme Court Removed Its Body Armor
MK Simcha Rothman For years, many Israelis—particularly from the national camp—have grown increasingly uneasy with the ever-expanding reach of the...
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Judaism/Spirituality
September 3, 2025
An Open Letter To “My” Birthright Graduates
By Philip Rosen I write this open letter with great love and concern. I was on the board of Birthright...
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Judaism/Spirituality
August 20, 2025
Amid War And Uncertainty, The Orthodox Union Brought Over 2,000 Youth To Israel This Summer
JLIC’s Summer in Jerusalem internship and beit midrash program brought 45 college students to Israel this summer. TJJ participants ran...
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Judaism/Spirituality
August 13, 2025
If You’re Reading This, We Haven’t Yet Been Redeemed
I Think Video Can Make a Huge Impact By David Jasse If you’re reading this, it means we’re still waiting....
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Judaism/Spirituality
July 23, 2025
Operation Benjamin: An Honorable Cause To Support
By Rabbi Heshie and Rebbetzin Rookie Billet Ever since we retired from the Rabbinate and Jewish education in 2020 and...
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Judaism/Spirituality
July 22, 2025
The Story of a German Philanthropist who Financed a Galician Rabbi’s Torah Study
Front page of Pri Megadim, Yoreh De’ah, Berlin, 1772 Pri Megadim, Yoreh De’ah, Berlin, 1772 The Pri Megadim And Daniel Itzig The Story...
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Judaism/Spirituality
July 22, 2025
The OU Women’s Initiative Awards Grants For Creative Tehillim Programming Nationwide
The OU Women’s Initiative, a division of the Orthodox Union that has galvanized women worldwide through its widely popular Torat...
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Letters to the Editor
September 3, 2025
Charedim And The Draft
BANNER: Letters Dear Editor, Over the past years, even during peacetime, I have been dismayed at the unwillingness of most chareidiyeshiva...
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Letters to the Editor
July 22, 2025
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
Dear Editor, You indicated that Sharon returned Gaza because he wanted to be known as a man of peace. Medically,...
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Letters to the Editor
July 7, 2025
Legendary Satmar
Dear Editor, In his letter of June 27, Rabbi Heshie Billet takes the 5TJT to task for allocating front-page coverage to the...
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Letters to the Editor
June 26, 2025
Affront And Center
Dear Editor, The 5TJT issue of June 13, 2025, featured a front-page photograph and lead story about Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, the current...
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Media
July 23, 2025
Separate Seating Added At Ishay Ribo’s Historic Bethel Woods Concert In Upstate NY
Separate seating for men and women has officially been added to Ishay Ribo’s upcoming concert at Bethel Woods—the largest outdoor...
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Music
July 30, 2025
Ishay Ribo’s Historic Upstate Concert Nears Sell-Out; Final Pavilion Tickets Released
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts has announced that Pavilion seating is now nearly sold out for Ishay Ribo’s upcoming...
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Music
July 2, 2025
Yamim Baim: The Historic Jewish Music Festival with Ishay Ribo, Avraham Fried, Zusha, and ShmuelJUMP Yamim Baim
Inside Yamim Baim: The Historic Jewish Music Festival with Ishay Ribo, Avraham Fried, Zusha, and Shmuel Ishay Ribo Courtesy Yamim...
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Music
May 14, 2025
Then And Now
These are the songs of days and years and decades gone by. Songs by iconic composers like Rabbis Shlomo Carlebach...
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News & Politics
September 3, 2025
Remembering September 11: Commemorating The 24th Anniversary Of The September 11, 2001 Attacks
A special event will be held in Queens to honor and remember the lives affected by the events of September...
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News & Politics
September 2, 2025
Nassau DA Anne Donnelly’s Playbook: Relentless On Gangs And Drugs, United With Police, Uncompromising On Hate
Nassau DA Anne Donnelly’s Playbook: Relentless On Gangs And Drugs, United With Police, Uncompromising On Hate If you want to...
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News & Politics
August 13, 2025
Restoring Law And Order In The Nation’s Capital
President Trump Executive Order Credit: The White House Washington, D.C. isn’t just another city—it’s our nation’s capital, the seat of...
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News & Politics
August 11, 2025
Rep. Andrew Garbarino: Proud New Yorker Selected To Chair The House Homeland Security Committee
Rep. Andrew Garbarino: Proud New Yorker Selected To Chair The House Homeland Security Committee At a time when America faces...
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News & Politics
August 6, 2025
John Ferretti Sworn In As Town Of Hempstead Supervisor
At Tuesday’s Town of Hempstead Board Meeting, Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald X. Clavin Jr. resigned and Nassau County Legislator John...
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News & Politics
August 4, 2025
Exploiting Military-Related Suicides To End The War On Hamas
Over the past weeks, the legacy media in Israel has spotlighted a suspected rise in suicides among IDF soldiers since...
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Real Estate
September 3, 2025
Making The Move
By Cheri F. Rosen In most parts of the country spring is the most active time of year in the...
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Real Estate
September 2, 2025
Selichos In Mazkeret Moshe
When my husband Haim was growing up way before the Six-Day War, life in Jerusalem resembled a small, sleepy Jewish...
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Real Estate
August 28, 2025
Secure Your Future in Israel With a Home of Your Own
In a world where uncertainty looms and anti-Semitism shows its face more boldly than ever, the decision to invest in...
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Real Estate
August 26, 2025
Buying Versus Staying Put
With the availability of housing in the Five Towns becoming tighter, many homeowners in smaller homes who wish to upgrade...
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Real Estate
August 19, 2025
Living With A Ground Lease
What’s the story with living with a ground lease? Are you aware of how a ground lease affects the real...
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Real Estate
July 29, 2025
Arnona’s Next Chapter: Luxury Living Meets Community Vibe
Jerusalem’s Arnona neighborhood is entering an exciting new phase—and Tivuch Shelly is leading the way. Known for spotting up-and-coming communities,...
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Teen Scene
July 1, 2025
HAFTR Students Reflect and Celebrate a Successful Year
By: Ben Lipton Before the school year came to an end, HAFTR High School students and faculty took a well-deserved...
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Teen Scene
May 28, 2025
HAFTR Excels At YLMUN 2025
By Natalie Bellehsen and Leah Kammerman By Natalie Bellehsen and Leah Kammerman The third annual Yeshiva League Model United Nations...
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Teen Scene
May 28, 2025
MTA Inducts New Members Into The National Honor Society
By Mayer Schwartz (’25) MTA held its annual ARISTA induction ceremony, where a select group of rising seniors were named...
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Teen Scene
May 28, 2025
What Teens Want Their Parents To Know
What Teens Want Their Parents To Know By: Mia Kaplowitz, Leila Makowsky, Tamar Jansenson These reflections were written by Shulamith...
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This Week's Edition
September 3, 2025
That Race For Mayor
By: Larry Gordon We hear it a lot, especially out here on Long Island as well as other parts of...
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This Week's Edition
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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This Week's Edition
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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This Week's Edition
August 20, 2025
Chassidic Intelligence
By: Larry Gordon It was the Shabbos that marked the JLI’s 19th anniversary. The JLI, otherwise known as the Jewish...
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This Week's Edition
August 13, 2025
Comfort Our People
By: Larry Gordon Last week was an auspicious anniversary for me. It was the weekend of my bar mitzvah parashah and the Haftorah—Nachamu,...
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This Week's Edition
August 6, 2025
On Shoes
By Larry Gordon When we lived in Brooklyn over near Kings Highway, there was a shoe repair shop by the...
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Torah
September 3, 2025
Brought Together By A Soul
By Sivan Rahav Meir When Yisrael Fenigstein speaks about his grandson Ma’oz who fell in Gaza, he says softly: “We...
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Torah
September 2, 2025
The Daf, The Price Of Property, And The Pricelessness Of Life
By Rabbi Aaron I. Reichel, Esq. Jewish law is so sensitive to the rights of every person that it even...
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Torah
September 2, 2025
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
One of the hundreds of homes in Urk with an Israeli flag On Sunday, the 7th of Elul, or as...
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Torah
September 2, 2025
37th Annual Chai Elul Siyum HaShas, 83rd Celebration RAA/Igud September 16
The Rabbinical Alliance of America invites the community to its 83rd Celebration hosted at the Sephardic Lebanese Congregation, 805 Avenue T,...
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Torah
September 2, 2025
“Crossing The Line”: A Milestone of Tefillah, A Moment of Destiny
Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Rimon Rabbi Chanan Gordon Rabbi Teddy Neuman, Kehal Chassidim North Woodmere Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff, Cong Bais Tefilah, Woodmere...
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Torah
September 2, 2025
Building A Positive Jewish Identity
Memory is identity. This was expressed beautifully by Rabbi Sacks, z’l, in his Haggadah commentary: “There is a profound difference between history and...
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Uncategorized
August 19, 2025
The Ultimate Blessing
For several summers prior to coming to the OU, I would take a break from my normal rabbinic responsibilities to...
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Uncategorized
August 13, 2025
Looking For Housing Allowing Pets
Whether you are opting to rent an apartment or a house, figuring out what will work when household pets are...
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Uncategorized
July 29, 2025
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Rabbi Chaim Bruk and Reb Abe Eisner at Camp HASC this week Rabbi Chaim Bruk speaking to the Jewish Community...
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Uncategorized
July 29, 2025
“Buckle Up” To Break The Fast
What do you break your fast on? It’s not clear when it started, but at some point in the last...
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Uncategorized
July 29, 2025
Kibbud Av And Chodesh Av
Klal Yisrael’s success requires us to build a future based firmly on our past, respecting and committed to the tradition...
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Uncategorized
July 28, 2025
Rethinking Emotional Legacy For People Of All Ages
By Tanya Krim We are living in complicated times where things feel uncertain, upside down, and unpredictable. Random “stuff” happens...
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Words of Wisdom
September 3, 2025
New School Year, Old WhatsApp Chats
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence It’s that season again—the season of starting fresh. Your kid wakes up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed...
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Words of Wisdom
August 27, 2025
Family Trips And Back-To-School Chaos: A Parent’s Survival Guide
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence I’m sitting by a pool at a Sheraton in New Jersey—the farthest my car-sensitive kids...
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Words of Wisdom
August 20, 2025
What Netflix taught me about my kids’ bedrooms
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence I was in the middle of watching a Netflix series on the psychology behind hoarding...
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Words of Wisdom
August 13, 2025
The Amazon Countdown
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence The Amazon orders started arriving about a month before Jeremy’s kids from Israel were due...
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Words of Wisdom
August 6, 2025
How’s Your Summer?
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence It’s the question I get asked most often these days, usually by someone I haven’t...
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Words of Wisdom
July 23, 2025
Showing Up
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence Moshe just shows up when he does. He usually gives us a heads-up when he...
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Current Issue
Heard In The Bagel Store September 3, 2025
That Race For Mayor
By: Larry Gordon We hear it a lot, especially out here on Long Island as well as other parts of the country where this publication is distributed. The discussion about the mayoral race in New York City really got underway this week as summer dissolves into the past and people begin to think in earnest […]
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The Elul Zman
By: Larry Gordon Two of our grandsons arrived in Israel this week to study Torah in Jerusalem for the year. In about a week, one of our granddaughters will also leave for Jerusalem to study in seminary for the year. There are many turning points in a person’s life. This is one of those giant […]
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Israel, Again
By: Larry Gordon For decades things went smoothly. We would call a travel agent or go online and book our flights presto. Then we would pack, go to the airport, and ten hours later, land in Ben Gurion Airport for another visit to the Promised Land. It has been a full year since we’ve last […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store August 20, 2025
Chassidic Intelligence
By: Larry Gordon It was the Shabbos that marked the JLI’s 19th anniversary. The JLI, otherwise known as the Jewish Learning Institute, is on a mission to make Jewish learning accessible and personally meaningful to every Jew, regardless of affiliation. They offer insightful curricula that use cutting-age educational techniques to educate, engage, and inspire Jews […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store August 13, 2025
Comfort Our People
By: Larry Gordon Last week was an auspicious anniversary for me. It was the weekend of my bar mitzvah parashah and the Haftorah—Nachamu, Nachamu Ami, Console, console My nation, to put it in more biblical prose. It was a great Shabbos way back then, Baruch Hashem, just as it was this past week all these years later. When the […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store August 6, 2025
On Shoes
By Larry Gordon When we lived in Brooklyn over near Kings Highway, there was a shoe repair shop by the name of “On On Shoes.” It struck me as an odd name for a store and once when I was in the shop, I observed the proprietors were from the Far East and I guessed […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store July 31, 2025
Country Roads
The winding, twisting roads somehow became ingrained in my memory. Perhaps it was all that driving during my youth, before the days of GPS and Waze came along, when we had to learn the routes by heart. We returned to the Catskill Mountains this past Shabbos weekend and in a sense, it was an opportunity […]
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September 4, 2025
Veteran told multiple outlets he witnessed IDF forces kill the boy at humanitarian aid site in May
MIDDLE EAST Gaza boy, said to be killed by IDF, is alive Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden (Abboud,) 8 years old…
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Israel
August 28, 2025
Secure Your Future in Israel With a Home of Your Own
In a world where uncertainty looms and anti-Semitism shows its face more boldly than ever, the decision to invest in…
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Israel
August 25, 2025
Nefesh B’Nefesh’s 65th Charter Aliyah Flight Arrives During Record Month Of Aliyah In Two Decades
225 olim from North America arrived on August 20 at Ben Gurion Airport aboard Nefesh B’Nefesh’s 65th charter aliyah flight. This specially chartered EL…
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Israel
August 12, 2025
You Only Shanah Aleph Once
By Aaron Bortz, LMSW A therapist’s guide to making the most of a transformative year in Israel When I was…
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Israel
August 5, 2025
From Gush Katif To Rebuilt Ganei Tal And The Moringa Forest
By Moti and Hana Sender, as told to Toby Klein Greenwald Part I I originally met Moti and Hana because…
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Israel
August 4, 2025
August 2005: The Month the Israeli Supreme Court Removed Its Body Armor
MK Simcha Rothman For years, many Israelis—particularly from the national camp—have grown increasingly uneasy with the ever-expanding reach of the…
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Israel
July 29, 2025
Arnona’s Next Chapter: Luxury Living Meets Community Vibe
Jerusalem’s Arnona neighborhood is entering an exciting new phase—and Tivuch Shelly is leading the way. Known for spotting up-and-coming communities,…
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Israel
July 28, 2025
Israeli Search & Recovery Team Aids Texas First Responders Following Deadly Flooding
Following the devastating floods that swept through the Hill Country region of Texas in early July, ZAKA Search and Rescue…
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