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5 Towns Community
July 16, 2025
A Landmark Day For Public Safety: Nassau County Unveils Cutting-Edge Police Training Village
County Executive Bruce Blakeman, US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chairman Joseph G. Cairo, Jr., and Congressman Anthony D’Esposito Congressman D’Esposito...
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5 Towns Community
June 26, 2025
Village Of Lawrence Provides Community Update On Woodmere Club Development and Litigation
After extensive discussions and diligent efforts, the Village of Lawrence is pleased to share that it is optimistic a favorable...
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5 Towns Community
June 11, 2025
A Love For Lawrence
On Tuesday, June 17, the Village of Lawrence will hold its annual election for Trustee. Things have quieted down quite...
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5 Towns Community
June 11, 2025
Car Explosion And Vandalism Rattle Woodmere Community Amid Rising Security Concerns
By Yochanan Gordon 5TJT Staff Writer WOODMERE, NY—A car explosion in the early hours of Monday morning, June 9, has...
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5 Towns Community
May 29, 2025
Women’s Only JV Spring Basketball
HALB vs. MDY. MDY led the entire game up until the last few minutes. Emmy Wiener on HALB was unstoppable, scoring...
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5 Towns Community
May 20, 2025
The New Face Of Poverty In Israel
By Rabbi Zvi Friedma This year, my visit to the Five Towns was profoundly moving. As always, I felt the...
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Advice
July 23, 2025
A Reason To Wake Up
The other night I rewatched “The Intern,” a quiet, feel-good movie in which Robert De Niro plays a retired widower...
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Advice
July 23, 2025
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Larry “Leibel Berel” laying tefillin while visiting from Tampa On Monday, Chavie celebrated her 41st birthday and I wanted to celebrate my...
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Advice
July 22, 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
July 16, 2025
Stuck In The Middle (And Kind Of Falling Apart)
There are moments in life when you feel pulled in different directions. And then there are weeks like this one...
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Advice
July 16, 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
July 15, 2025
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Zeesy and Tova Wolfson rocking it at Camp Simcha Menny enjoying a burger at the canteen at CGI in Parksville...
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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
July 22, 2025
DATING FORUM
Question I regularly read your column and I rarely miss a week. When I do, I ask my neighbor to...
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Dating
July 9, 2025
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
The Friediker Rebbe, Rav Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, disembarking in New York while visiting from Europe in 1929 Sometime in the...
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Dating
July 7, 2025
DATING FORUM
Question My story is going to shock you because it’s highly unusual for something like this to happen for a...
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Dating
July 1, 2025
DATING FORUM
Question I have been dating for a long time and it always fizzles out. That’s how every dating relationship ends...
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Dating
June 23, 2025
DATING FORUM
Question I was single for a long time, and I always promised myself that when I get married, I would...
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Dating
June 10, 2025
DATING FORUM
Question When an older man wishes to be set up with a lady of childbearing age, the only thing that...
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Education
July 16, 2025
Exploring Jewish Heritage In Poland And Lithuania With Touro University
By Henry Abramson Returning to my ancestral Lithuanian shtetl after nearly a century, I had some idea of what to...
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Education
July 1, 2025
I, Too, Am The Future Of Education
By Sarah Meira Schlager, teacher at Shulamith High School for Girls and SKA High School for Girls At my graduation...
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Education
June 26, 2025
Yeshiva University Leads with Strength, Support, and Solidarity Amid War
“This Is A Moment For Unity And Responsibility” Yeshiva University Leads with Strength, Support, and Solidarity Amid War As Israel...
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Education
June 11, 2025
Understanding Israel: YU Global Launches New Online Course on Zionism and the Jewish Return Home
Two thousand years after the destruction of the Second Temple, the State of Israel stands as one of the most...
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Education
June 9, 2025
Touro’s New York Medical College Forms Affiliation With Mt. Sinai Medical Center In Miami Beach
Touro’s New York Medical College (NYMC) has formed a new academic affiliation with Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach,...
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Education
June 9, 2025
Touro Finance Alumni Network’s Third Annual Event Connects Generations Of Finance Professionals
Night of networking and mentorship close to 100 alumni and students together to build relationships and careers in finance and...
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Food
July 23, 2025
Nine Days Cooking
Food is one of the most powerful vehicles for celebrations and holidays. We use food as an expression of joy...
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Food
July 16, 2025
Cool It: Easy Summer Recipes To Combat The Summer Heat
By the time summer rolls around, I turn to those tried-and-true recipes that will help me keep my kitchen (and...
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Food
July 9, 2025
What’s In Your Junk Drawer: Top 10 Essential Items To Help You Manage Your Kitchen
By Naomi Ross Everybody has that drawer in their kitchen. You know what I’m talking about, the infamous “junk drawer,”...
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Food
July 2, 2025
Summer Cooking While The Kids Are Away
By Naomi Ross A fully stocked refrigerator may be the norm for keeping our families well-fed throughout the year. But...
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Food
June 24, 2025
Uncorking The Wines Of Israel: Introducing IWPA
Israel has emerged as one of the fastest-growing winemaking regions in the world, with its diverse climate, rich soil, and...
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Food
June 24, 2025
Summer Cooking: 25 Ideas To Kick Off Summer!
By Naomi Ross With its leisurely vibe, summer is a time of “non-cooking.” Most of us want to avoid a...
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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
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
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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Health / Nutrition
July 1, 2025
There’s No Place Like Home
I was contacted this week by a news outlet and interviewed about the impact of war on the people of...
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Health / Nutrition
July 1, 2025
How To Avoid Family Disputes Over Your Estate
One of the greatest fears people have when creating an estate plan is that their family might end up fighting...
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Health / Nutrition
July 1, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Visits ZAKA HQ
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a solemn visit to the national headquarters of ZAKA, Israel’s predominant search, rescue and recovery...
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Health / Nutrition
July 1, 2025
Netanyahu Visits MDA Headquarters
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Magen David Adom (MDA) National Headquarters in Ramla. There, he thanked Israel’s national emergency...
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Health / Nutrition
June 19, 2025
Timing Is Everything! Facelifts: When To Consider One—And What Kind Is Right For You
Before After Dr. B. Aviva Preminger, MD, MPH, FACS In an era of injectables and noninvasive treatments, many patients wonder—when...
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Health / Nutrition
June 11, 2025
A Day In The Life Of An Acupuncturist
I am a perfectionist to a fault. While that may make it challenging for my family on a day-to-day basis,...
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Home
June 18, 2025
Random Amenities
I don’t know what goes into a hotel’s decisions about what to provide their guests. But most of them somehow...
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Home
June 17, 2025
Charitable Giving Through Your Estate Plan
If supporting causes you care about is part of your legacy, your estate plan can serve as a powerful and...
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Home
May 28, 2025
Premium Pergola Adds Beauty And Space To Your Home
Summertime and the living is easy. Basking beneath glorious, sun-drenched skies, hosting summer soirees on magical moonlit evenings: it’s the...
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Home
May 28, 2025
Strivright Celebrates 25 Years Of Miracles, Milestones, And Memories
On the evening of May 14, 2025, over 500 guests gathered at the stunning El Caribe Country Club for a...
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Home
May 28, 2025
Migdal Ohr: A Cause Worth Sweating For At Philly’s Tough Mudder Endurance Event
This past weekend, a team of passionate, driven (and somewhat crazy) individuals woke up early, laced up their sneakers, and...
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Inside Out
July 16, 2025
17 Tammuz At The Ohel
By Yochanan Gordon I know, this might feel a little déjà vu. Just last week, my sister and fellow columnist...
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Inside Out
July 10, 2025
Who Is The Meltzer?
By Yochanan Gordon Winter and summer aren’t just defined by digits on a thermometer—they usher in entirely different mindsets. Winter,...
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Inside Out
July 3, 2025
Understanding Khamenei
By Yochanan Gordon A joke is told about a reckless repeat offender who was constantly pulled over for endangering others...
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Inside Out
July 2, 2025
Waiting For (Moana) Moshiach
We are in the midst of a heatwave. The thermometer in my car hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit each of the...
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Inside Out
June 26, 2025
Gimmel Tammuz Reflections
By Yochanan Gordon This is the thirty-first time we mark Gimmel Tammuz, the date in 1994 when it felt as if...
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Inside Out
May 21, 2025
A New Voice Has Risen
By Yochanan Gordon Eurovision is billed as the largest music competition in the world. Although it first debuted in May...
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Israel
July 16, 2025
Fast-Growing Netanya: Secure Your Dream Home By The Sea Today
Looking to buy a home in Israel? There’s never been a better time than now, or a better place than...
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Israel
July 9, 2025
Despite Recent 12-Day War With Iran, Nefesh B’Nefesh Expects 2,000 North American Olim During 2025 Summer Season
Despite Recent 12-Day War With Iran, Nefesh B’Nefesh Expects 2,000 North American Olim During 2025 Summer Season Thousands of newcomers...
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Israel
June 30, 2025
Netanyahu: Victory over Iran opened window for ‘broad’ regional move
The campaign against the Islamic Republic will also help rescue the hostages held in Gaza and defeat Hamas, the premier...
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Israel
June 26, 2025
Yeshiva University Leads with Strength, Support, and Solidarity Amid War
“This Is A Moment For Unity And Responsibility” Yeshiva University Leads with Strength, Support, and Solidarity Amid War As Israel...
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Israel
June 23, 2025
An Exceedingly Good Land
With the exception of a few articles at the start of the war, I have not really written anything since...
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Israel
June 23, 2025
Netanyahu gives thanks at Western Wall following US attack on Iran
JNS STAFF (June 22, 2025 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday prayed at the Western Wall, Judaism’s second-holiest...
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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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Judaism/Spirituality
July 16, 2025
Exploring Jewish Heritage In Poland And Lithuania With Touro University
By Henry Abramson Returning to my ancestral Lithuanian shtetl after nearly a century, I had some idea of what to...
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Judaism/Spirituality
June 26, 2025
A Time For Gratitude
By Sivan Rahav Meir “How many times can one woman say Birkat HaGomel?” That’s what Dr. Yehudit Nachum said to me...
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Judaism/Spirituality
June 11, 2025
Understanding Israel: YU Global Launches New Online Course on Zionism and the Jewish Return Home
Two thousand years after the destruction of the Second Temple, the State of Israel stands as one of the most...
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Judaism/Spirituality
June 11, 2025
Musings Of A Shliach From Montana
Rabbi Berel (Bernard) Levy of OK Kosher Rabbi Chaim Bruk with Howie and his family “Sushi, Cheesecake, and the Ten...
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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 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
July 16, 2025
Mayor Eric Adms Jewish Heritage Celebration At Gracie Mansion
Douglas Murray at NYC Jewish Heritage Event Mendy Mirocznik with leaders at Jewish Heritage Event NYC Mayor Adams bestowing honors...
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News & Politics
July 16, 2025
A Landmark Day For Public Safety: Nassau County Unveils Cutting-Edge Police Training Village
County Executive Bruce Blakeman, US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chairman Joseph G. Cairo, Jr., and Congressman Anthony D’Esposito Congressman D’Esposito...
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News & Politics
July 14, 2025
A Silent Mountain Of Hope And Tears
Jewish history unfolded across many legendary mountains. Our story is etched into numerous mountaintops of joy and revelation. On a...
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News & Politics
July 14, 2025
MKs back deals with Syria, Lebanon, but normalization could take time
Jerusalem “must make sure that there’s no invasion potential all around its borders—that includes Syria,” said Benny Gantz. JNS STAFF, AMELIE...
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News & Politics
July 9, 2025
The Big Beautiful Bill: Delivering for Long Island and America
When history looks back, it will mark the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill as a crucial victory for working...
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News & Politics
July 9, 2025
Alina Bonsell Slams Julie Menin: “Condemn Mamdani Already!”
Alina Bonsell, Republican candidate for New York City Council in District 5, is calling out incumbent Democrat Julie Menin for...
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Real Estate
July 23, 2025
How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Is A Win For Five Towns And LI Homeowners
President Donald Trump’s newly-signed legislation, dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill,” should be stirring up excitement among real estate owners across...
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Real Estate
July 16, 2025
Fast-Growing Netanya: Secure Your Dream Home By The Sea Today
Looking to buy a home in Israel? There’s never been a better time than now, or a better place than...
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Real Estate
July 14, 2025
I Miss The NINA (No Income, No Asset) Mortgage
Every year at the Pesach seder we ask: “Why is this night different than other nights?” And so, with this is in...
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Real Estate
July 7, 2025
Don’t Bypass The Railings!
I regularly drive around different sections of town to see what homeowners are doing to spice up their homes. Now,...
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Real Estate
July 1, 2025
Stuff You Only Think Of In The Summer
Catchy little title I put in there, huh? Well, I was thinking that we’ve been walking around for the last...
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Real Estate
June 24, 2025
Make Sure To Warranty All Repair Work
Maintenance is an ongoing chore that homeowners have to stay on top of to keep their properties in the best...
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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
July 16, 2025
A Summer Diary
Here is a ragtag and somewhat out-of-order collection of reminiscences of my summers throughout the years, which includes my birthday...
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This Week's Edition
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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This Week's Edition
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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This Week's Edition
June 26, 2025
The Mamdani Problem
The much-discussed Democratic primary to select a candidate to run for mayor of New York City is now behind us....
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This Week's Edition
June 26, 2025
War, Peace, And Trump
By Larry Gordon If this is a war with Israel, you might be interested in knowing when exactly it all...
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This Week's Edition
June 23, 2025
Faith’s Role In A Breakthrough Moment
The past week has been both exhilarating and dizzying. Each day brings a surge of euphoria. With Hashem’s help, the...
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Torah
July 23, 2025
Marking the Launch of the Rabbi Norman Lamm Digital Archive
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Sinensky It has been nearly two years since Simchat Torah fell on October 7. The massacre...
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Torah
July 23, 2025
Kabbalah And Holachah
By Akiva Lane In the Temple when an animal is offered as a sacrifice, four steps are done. Shechitah (slaughtering of the...
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Torah
July 23, 2025
Give Me Yavneh And Its Sages
In the second century, the Romans martyred Rabbi Chanina ben Tradyon by wrapping a Torah scroll around his body and burning them...
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Torah
July 23, 2025
Bnei Brak the Capital City of Torah in Israel
By Nison Gordon Translated by P Samuels Today’s Bnei Brak With Its Yeshivos And Kollelim An Unforgettable Shabbos in Bnei...
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Torah
July 23, 2025
The Shaar’s 2025 $1 Million Neshama Campaign Launches
There are campaigns that raise money. And then there are campaigns that raise souls. The Shaar’s Neshama Campaign is not...
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Torah
July 23, 2025
Messianics
As I walked to give my Shabbos shiur recently, I spotted an older rabbi walking with his aide, headed in my direction....
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Uncategorized
July 22, 2025
Word Is Bond
Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky, zt’l, beloved rosh yeshiva of Torah Vodaath and one of the gedolei haDor, was respected for his wisdom, sensitivity, and yashrus, unwavering commitment to...
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Uncategorized
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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Uncategorized
July 2, 2025
Beyond The Chuppah: The Quiet Reasons Marriages Break Down And What We Can Do About It
Beyond The Chuppah: The Quiet Reasons Marriages Break Down And What We Can Do About It As a therapist, I’ve...
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Uncategorized
June 23, 2025
Tokef HaTalmud: Battling the Maskilim in Slovakia
A most fascinating sefer entitled Tokef HaTalmud (The Power of the Talmud) was published in 1849 in Ofen (Buda), Hungary. The sefer was written in response...
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Uncategorized
June 11, 2025
Life’s Special Moments: In Conversation With Stephen J. Savitsky
BANNER ROCHELLE MILLER Stephen J. Savitsky is on a mission to teach people about an important but often overlooked mitzvah, that...
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Uncategorized
May 28, 2025
“Beechnut’s Removal of Kosher Certification Shortsighted and Unfortunate”
For More Information, Please Contact Eda Kram (718-854-4450) May 28, 2025 “Beechnut’s Removal of Kosher Certification Shortsighted and Unfortunate,” Kosher...
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Words of Wisdom
July 16, 2025
All In The Family
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence I’ve observed more than my fair share of family dynamics over the years—from the one...
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Words of Wisdom
July 9, 2025
Lessons From The Ohel
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence Last week, after a friend found herself in the thick of some dating drama, we...
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Words of Wisdom
July 3, 2025
Visiting Day: Survivor—Catskills Edition
Visiting Day: Survivor—Catskills Edition By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence I don’t know about you, but my kids’ summer plans are...
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Words of Wisdom
June 26, 2025
The Kids Of Summer
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence “Hi! I know it’s a hectic week for you with getting the kids off to...
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Words of Wisdom
June 11, 2025
A Crash Course In Grandparenting
By Malkie Hirsch Magence I’ll be the first to admit it: it still feels surreal to go from being the...
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Words of Wisdom
May 28, 2025
Widowhood—Shaken And Stirred
By Malkie Hirsch Magence The first time I tasted what it felt like to experience sudden loss was when my...
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Current Issue
Heard In The Bagel Store July 16, 2025
A Summer Diary
Here is a ragtag and somewhat out-of-order collection of reminiscences of my summers throughout the years, which includes my birthday in mid-July. My first vivid memories date back to when I gave up my baby bottle. Is it possible I was three years old? I didn’t really want to give it up, but I recall […]
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Sisters Helping Sisters
So much of our lives is about dealing with the unexpected and unanticipated situations that life throws at us. Such is the case with women who are divorced, often with young children, who experience a life punctuated with difficulty and uncertainty about where to turn to in a crisis, if there even is such a […]
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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 the same time simple story. Here’s the story: Isaac Scharf, a relatively young businessman who resides in the upscale community of Boca Raton, Florida, is suing the Boca Grove community for $50 million. He is […]
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The Mamdani Problem
The much-discussed Democratic primary to select a candidate to run for mayor of New York City is now behind us. The choice of candidates was a collection of politically damaged people who, under normal circumstances, had no business being on an electoral ballot anywhere, especially New York. The sad reality is that in all likelihood, […]
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War, Peace, And Trump
By Larry Gordon If this is a war with Israel, you might be interested in knowing when exactly it all began. The accurate answer is that these wars with countries like Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen have no real beginning. But the hope now is that these endless wars and attacks might finally end. Now, […]
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Faith’s Role In A Breakthrough Moment
The past week has been both exhilarating and dizzying. Each day brings a surge of euphoria. With Hashem’s help, the IDF is dismantling threats from the rogue Iranian regime with extraordinary precision. We are living through history. The pages of Tanach feel open before us, and we are writing new chapters—chapters that belong to the final story […]
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Growing the Fringes (Part 2/2)
In Part I of this essay, we explored the words tzitzit and gedilim, offering a possible way of understanding the nuanced difference between these two apparent synonyms. In this second installment, we explore additional words associated with tzitzit by sharpening their etymologies and showing exactly what they literally mean. The Midrash (Bamidbar Rabbah §18:3) expounds on the juxtaposition of the pericope concerning Korach’s rebellion […]
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July 16, 2025
Fast-Growing Netanya: Secure Your Dream Home By The Sea Today
Looking to buy a home in Israel? There’s never been a better time than now, or a better place than…
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Israel
July 9, 2025
Despite Recent 12-Day War With Iran, Nefesh B’Nefesh Expects 2,000 North American Olim During 2025 Summer Season
Despite Recent 12-Day War With Iran, Nefesh B’Nefesh Expects 2,000 North American Olim During 2025 Summer Season Thousands of newcomers…
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Israel
June 30, 2025
Netanyahu: Victory over Iran opened window for ‘broad’ regional move
The campaign against the Islamic Republic will also help rescue the hostages held in Gaza and defeat Hamas, the premier…
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Israel
June 26, 2025
Yeshiva University Leads with Strength, Support, and Solidarity Amid War
“This Is A Moment For Unity And Responsibility” Yeshiva University Leads with Strength, Support, and Solidarity Amid War As Israel…
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Israel
June 23, 2025
An Exceedingly Good Land
With the exception of a few articles at the start of the war, I have not really written anything since…
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Israel
June 23, 2025
Netanyahu gives thanks at Western Wall following US attack on Iran
JNS STAFF (June 22, 2025 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday prayed at the Western Wall, Judaism’s second-holiest…
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Israel
June 23, 2025
Would anyone but Trump have done it?
JONATHAN S. TOBIN (June 22, 2025 / JNS) Donald Trump appears to have fooled both his friends and foes. And he…
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Israel
June 19, 2025
Iranian missile hits Beersheva hospital; six people seriously wounded
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called the regime in Tehran “Nazis who launch missiles at hospitals, at the elderly, and…
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