Post-Storm Requiem
By Anessa V. Cohen
Well, the mountains of garbage from basements and first floors along nearly every curb in town are shrinking. We are left with fighting with the insurance...
Not Liking His Lawyer: Murder Suspect Throws Water on his Attorney in Court
A murder suspect threw water on his own defense -- literally.
Jerome Power, 50, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa grabbed a paper cup of water and doused his attorney with it...
Putting It All Together
By Esther Mann, LCSW
The dust is beginning to settle, at least for many of us. If you’re among the unfortunate people who have to first tackle the prospect of...
The Sandy Diaries, Part 2: The Aftermath
By Anessa V. Cohen
What’s there to say about the aftermath of this storm? So many things come to mind–shock at the sheer size of the destruction wreaked by this...
After The Storm
By Phyllis J. Lubin
This past Shabbos, we celebrated the coming of Kislev, the month of lights. How fortuitous, since on this special Shabbos we truly were celebrating lights–not the...
Bombshell: CIA Director Petraeus Resigns over Extramarital Affair with Biographer
Cia Director David Petraeus’ career came crashing down like a cheap spy novel yesterday when he resigned over an extramarital, wartime affair with a woman who wrote a flattering...
Long Beach: After The Storm
By Dr. Ari Sher
The human response to the overabundance of water that has recently poured into our region, care of Superstorm Sandy, has been an overwhelming flood of kindness,...
Darkness And Light
By Larry Gordon
What an ordeal. And that’s not because we are spoiled (as many of us have been). It is for many reasons that this can only be described...
Helping Our Community In Long Island
Dear Friends,
We are reaching out to all our readers at this time of need.
Our brothers and sisters in the Queens - Long Island area have been hit very hard and they're...
Maintaining Calm After The Storm
By Simcha Feuerman, LCSW-R
OHEL Director of Operations
“One who has developed his intellect at the expense of his character can be compared to a tree whose branches are greater than...