Community Unites After Wave Of Anti-Semitic Vandalism Shocks Forest Hills And Rego Park
What began as a distressing alert to the Queens Shmira hotline quickly transformed into a day defined by tireless coordination and a profound sense...
Stories From The Bomb Shelter
We all love a good story, so let me jump right in with a few that should put a smile on your face. These all took place in various bomb shelters (“miklatim”)...
AI Needs Its Own Correction
This past Sunday was the Five Boro Bike Tour. I was nervous about whether I would be able to ride after I finished my volunteer work for the event,...
Bris Of The Century
I think that with all this competition to have the fanciest chasunah on the block, we should probably do the same thing with brissin. A bris is...
Style & Living
Together Until The End
The one-minute siren wailed loud and clear at the start of Yom HaZikaron. However, this year’s siren came with a sobering clarification: In the...
Between Birth And Battle
Our son and daughter-in-law welcomed a beautiful baby boy into the family the week before Pesach. Mazal Tov! We were thrilled to be blessed with a...
Torah
A Surreal Meeting In Ohio
In 1970, Rabbi Dr. Ivan Lerner was recruited to become the first director of NCSY’s Central East Region. The region’s borders stretched east to...
The Altneu Shul And The Debt That Can Never Be Paid
If someone hits his neighbor, causing him to lose an eye, he is “owed” an eye. The Torah seems to suggest that the consequence for the attacker or...
A Heavenly Outpouring Of Good
The posuk refers to one who “slaughters outside the camp.” Homiletically, if a person speaks negatively of others, destroying his character and...
