Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community One night this past summer, Camp Dora Golding went on a trip to a water park. Since the water park was...
The Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park, at the corner of 15th Avenue and 48th Street, is one of the oldest shuls in the Tri-State Area. The k’hilah was founded in 1902 and built its first building in 1906. The current three-story building, constructed in the early 1920s, is a magnificent and imposing building with a beautiful sanctuary.
Part of the beauty of Camp Dora Golding’s learning program is that many of the prizes are sponsored by alumni: former campers and staff members. They have wonderfully fond memories of summers spent in camp years ago, and they want to give current campers the opportunity to have the same experience.
This week, we dropped off our son Shalom at Newark International Airport as he departed for his second year of learning at Yeshiva Mercaz HaTorah in Yerushalayim.
In October 2016, The New York Times published an article entitled, “Bottle-Flipping Craze Is Fun for Children but Torture for Parents.”
It’s usually around the beginning of August when the signs appear in convenience stores: “Back to School.” It’s an advertisement encouraging you to purchase all your school supplies in their store.
It’s become a rather ubiquitous experience. You walk up to someone’s home and ring the bell. As you wait for a response, you notice that they have a video Ring, and you know you’re being watched. What do you do while you’re waiting? Most people try their best to nonchalantly look causal and cool. But there’s no escaping that feeling of being stuck there while you know you’re being videoed.
