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For the most part, handling the estate of a decedent is a tough but manageable undertaking – that is, until one gets into the distribution of tangible personal property.  What may be of no value to an outsider could be invaluable to a loved one.  Unfortunately, planning for the distribution of tangible personal property is often overlooked.  It is critical to thoroughly discuss and plan for the distribution of what are often family heirlooms.

President Donald Trump and his administration have long been on a path to diminish Palestinian declarations of statehood. The Trump administration recognized the Golan Heights as part of Israel, and in a historic move relocated the American embassy to Yerushalayim. David Friedman, US Ambassador to Israel, is recognized for engaging the White House on such a transference, and must be commended for his painstaking efforts since assuming his position.

Recap: Bayla is asked to go to Paris to help lift her cousin Sophie’s spirits. Sophie was in an accident and needs encouragement to exercise so she will be able to walk again. Bayla doesn’t want to leave home and go so far away and she hopes her parents will understand.

(Courtesy of Emunah)

On November 10, over 500 people and 300 Young Leaders of Emunah gathered at Chelsea Piers to celebrate Emunah’s work helping vulnerable Israelis “beat the odds.” Emunah’s annual dinner highlights the way that our unparalleled organization helps thousands of children and families beat the odds, overcoming poverty, abuse and neglect to become fully contributing members of Israeli society.

At the end of World War II, thousands of families from the five boroughs of the City of New York, including returning GIs, began to settle the suburbs of Long Island. The first wave that settled in Nassau County, New York, was approximately 50% Catholic, 25% Protestant, and 25% Jewish. In 1947, 300 families moved into Levittown, which was once farmland and potato fields in the heart of Nassau County, and the northeastern portion of the Town of Hempstead. By 1951, 17,000 Levitt homes were constructed in a 7-mile radius, marking the first-mass produced suburb in the United States of America. Nassau County and Hempstead would become home to the “Dashing Commuter.”

By Mark I. Plaine, Esq.

“You shall do what is fair and good in the eyes of Hashem, so that it will be good for you…”

– D’varim (Deuteronomy) 6:18