Purim And Teenage Drinking

By Michael Kidorf, Ph.D. With Purim approaching, we thought it might be helpful to consider the importance of speaking with your children about drinking. It’s an unpleasant topic, one that...

Israel Face-Off In 5T

The anti-Israel protesters waving large Palestinian flags and chanting things like “Free Palestine” finally made it to the Five Towns on Tuesday night in what looked like an anti-Israel...

Biden’s Israel

In case you are wondering whether it is right or wrong to decide who you will vote for in the presidential election based on the candidate’s position on Israel,...

Non-Stop Minyanim

In a peaceful corner of Cedarhurst, it looks like people stagger into this shul at all hours and leave happy and satisfied, and according to my experience and observations,...

The Curious Case Of Adar Bet

By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence You know how in some families, there’s that one month when there is a lot going on? Well, in ours, that month was one that doesn’t...

Civility At Home, Yeshiva Crisis, And Biden’s Wavering Stance

Civility In Cedarhurst Dear Editor, I was at the Cedarhurst protest tonight and wanted to mention one thing that troubled me a lot—the behavior of some people on our side of...

Energy Drain

We keep busy. The stresses of our times, the responsibilities we shoulder, the need to provide, to parent our children, cope, and maintain our pace, all combine to create...

Finding Someone To Share A Laugh And A Life With

Question Do you remember that funny video from 2008 where some American yeshiva bachurim at Buckingham Palace tried to make a British Royal Guard laugh? V’hamevin yavin: He who understands will...

I’m Back!

Hello again! Each week, for more than twenty years, I expressed my thoughts in the form of a column in this newspaper. Those of my musings which were of...

I’m Mostly Talking To Myself

If you think about it, there are so many things that you only do when you’re in a car. Like talk to yourself. Most people don’t generally talk to...
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Recently I have begun to seriously question the advisability of listening to the news. This is because of a flaw in what I choose...

A Time Of Confusion And Clarity

V’ha’ir Shushan Navocha The Jews of Shushan were confused. They considered Shushan and the Persian Empire to be their home, and they viewed themselves as central...

Escape From Shushan

Things in Shushan appeared to be humming along. Seventy years earlier, Yerushalayim fell to the invading Babylonian armies, and we scattered across the Middle...

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