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No Respect
DISCLAIMER: The following column is a composite of several different experiences I have had with clients. It does not depict a specific encounter. This...
World Mizrachi CEO at Son’s Funeral: Humanitarian Issue Would Go Away...
Israel National News
Rabbi Doron Perez, the CEO of the World Mizrachi movement and the father of Captain Daniel Perez, the 22-year-old soldier who was...
Israel News
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The Touchy Types
Question
I’m not trying to shock you, but this is something I believe you should know. I apologize for my bluntness, but matchmakers say they...
Wicked Wishes
Recently I have begun to seriously question the advisability of listening to the news. This is because of a flaw in what I choose...
No Respect
DISCLAIMER: The following column is a composite of several different experiences I have had with clients. It does not depict a specific encounter. This...
Purim And Teenage Drinking
By Michael Kidorf, Ph.D.
With Purim approaching, we thought it might be helpful to consider the importance of speaking with your children about drinking. It’s...
Israel Face-Off In 5T
The anti-Israel protesters waving large Palestinian flags and chanting things like “Free Palestine” finally made it to the Five Towns on Tuesday night in...
Biden’s Israel
In case you are wondering whether it is right or wrong to decide who you will vote for in the presidential election based on...
Non-Stop Minyanim
In a peaceful corner of Cedarhurst, it looks like people stagger into this shul at all hours and leave happy and satisfied, and according...
The Curious Case Of Adar Bet
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence
You know how in some families, there’s that one month when there is a lot going on?
Well, in ours, that...
Civility At Home, Yeshiva Crisis, And Biden’s Wavering Stance
Civility In Cedarhurst
Dear Editor,
I was at the Cedarhurst protest tonight and wanted to mention one thing that troubled me a lot—the behavior of some...
Energy Drain
We keep busy. The stresses of our times, the responsibilities we shoulder, the need to provide, to parent our children, cope, and maintain our...
Finding Someone To Share A Laugh And A Life With
Question
Do you remember that funny video from 2008 where some American yeshiva bachurim at Buckingham Palace tried to make a British Royal Guard laugh?
V’hamevin...
I’m Back!
Hello again! Each week, for more than twenty years, I expressed my thoughts in the form of a column in this newspaper. Those of...
I’m Mostly Talking To Myself
If you think about it, there are so many things that you only do when you’re in a car. Like talk to yourself. Most...
When The Blended Family Doesn’t Blend
DISCLAIMER: The following column is a composite of several different experiences I have had with clients. It does not depict a specific encounter. This...
Sadness And Strength
Hagay Lober is an Israeli actor and rabbi who will be in the New York area in a few weeks to perform “October 7,”...
An Inspirational Event
After fifteen years on the scene, I wasn’t exactly sure what it was that Project Inspire did. But after spending a Shabbos weekend in...
Embracing Calluses
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence
While I’m working out, I like to envision that I’m literally anywhere but the current highly uncomfortable state I’m in...
Chatzi Shabbos Singles
I asked my shadchan about something she had never heard of. I read your columns all the time. It’s the highlight of my week....
When Children’s Needs Take Center Stage
DISCLAIMER: The following column is a composite of several different experiences I have had with clients. It does not depict a specific encounter. This...
Watching Paint Dry
At some point in your life, you’re probably going to have to paint a wall, particularly if you’re a homeowner, but also if you’re...
Restoring A Lost Art
Studies on mental hygiene, a term which I reintroduced during the COVID years in describing proactive steps which insulate us from many mental health...
Shabbat In Tzfat
Each year on Parashat Lech Lecha, which coincides with the second Shabbat of Choref Zman, Yeshivat Hakotel has a shabbaton in Tzfat. Unfortunately, due...
Lifestyle
The Purim Wine Reveal
By Gabriel Geller
WSET III—Royal Wine/Kedem
Purim stands out as a unique holiday on our calendar, partly because G-d’s name is absent from Megillat Esther. However,...
Beware Commercial Ghost Tenants
No matter how long you work in real estate, both residential and commercial, something new always pops up that was unheard of in previous...
‘As a Jew’ Oscar Moment Shows How Woke Antisemitism Works
JONATHAN S. TOBIN
(March 11, 2024 / JNS)
Unless you’re a film buff, you may not have heard of Jonathan Glazer before his viral moment at this year’s...