Heard in the Bagel Store: Shidduch Fraud
Why is it that in these somewhat advanced and contemporary times we allow the idea of seeking matrimonial matches for our children — shidduchim — to be equated with...
In the Bagel Store: Numb and Silent
In one way it is now all over, but in another sense it is all just beginning. We are at one of those key junctures on our calendar that...
Bagel Store: Why is Everyone Talking About Shtisel?
The reader might be asking, “What is ‘Shtisel?’”
Is Shtisel the latest craze or talk of the town? Well, yes and no. “Shtisel” is the last name of a fictional...
Bagel Store: A Bissel Shtisel
They are actors playing parts that are distant from their real lives. And for those of you who have become aficionados of the Netflix series "Shtisel," that might be...
Bagel Store: Happy and Sad
By Larry Gordon
There was not that much time to think about it, and that is part of the gift from Above, I suppose.
There were a few times over the...
Letters to the Editor: Spreading Foggy Facts
Dear Editor,
I read the front-page opinion article by Dr. Gila Jedwab (“Fighting the Fog,” May 15) with a mixture of disappointment and concern. I was disappointed that your newspaper...
Larceny And Lashon Ha’ra
This is a difficult article to write, due to the fact that it is both sensitive and challenging, which is one of the main reasons there are so many...
Heard in the Bagel Store: He Could Be Something
Every now and then a story comes to your attention—or, in this case, to my attention—that is not relegated to the schedule or “to do” list to be addressed...
Bagel Store: Fraud Investigation
You have seen the full-page ad in this newspaper for over a year now. Around a year ago, an attorney bought space in the paper, looking for people who,...
Bagel Store: The Jewish Week, OB’M
In days gone by it would have been a natural and even expected consequence of some of our reporting. But that was when The Jewish Week, a once-upon-a-time weekly...
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Netanyahu Expected to Freeze Judicial Reforms Amid Mass Civil Disobedience
(March 27, 2023 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to freeze his government’s judicial reform program on Monday.
He is set to deliver a speech...
True Character
Each one of Masechet Avot’s perakim begins with a central teaching. The fourth perek opens with Ben Zoma’s definition of four characters: the...
Heard In The Matzah Factory No More: A 5TJT Fan Relates
By Chaim Yehuda Meyer
I read with great interest Larry Gordon’s article, “The History of Cake” (March 17, 2023). Mr. Gordon reminiscences about the Passover...