YIKGH Recognizes Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld On 30 Years Of Service
This past Sunday evening, June 26, the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills held a dinner celebrating its 70th anniversary and honoring its Rabbi and...
We Defy The Odds
What were the chances that our father, Avraham, would have a son at the age of 100?
Memorial Day In The USA Was A Big Joke
I can live to be 1,000 and will never understand how Memorial Day is commemorated in the United States. According to the website Military.com,...
Summer Is No Time For The Blues
Everybody likes a summer vacation, but in the last two years taking one was difficult. The pandemic, quarantines, rioting, and economic hardships...
It’s Supreme
Before I get to portion of the column that I had anticipated I would write, I will digress. On June 26, I went on the Discover Hudson Valley Bike...
Style & Living
The Dating Game
Dating in Israel is a far cry from the way things were back in my dating days of which I have such fond memories. (If you believe that, have I got a...
Zichron Yaakov
When we received the invitation to a family engagement party in Zichron Yaakov, I was thrilled despite the distant location. The picturesque town,...
An Unusual Road To Shabbos Observance
Gary and Lisa were a young married couple living happily in South Africa back in the mid-1990s. They both worked in the field of corporate clothing, with...
Torah
Korach: No Status Quo
Another episode of conflict, I presume? The parshah may bear the name of Korach, but we cannot forget the volatile role of Dasan and Aviram, the...
The Heart Attack That Wasn’t
A religious Jew by the name of David Gellis was on a business trip to Chicago. He spent an entire week involved in business and, upon its...
Sh’lach: Don’t Tell Me What to Do!
Sh’lach: Don’t Tell Me What to Do! Sefer BaMidbar is filled with one tragic mistake after another. This week’s disaster is the episode of the spies...
