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Rabbi Berel Wein, in his introduction to a translation of the Kli Yakar by his friend, Elihu Levine, said in regard to the art of translation: “To be truly faithful to the original, the …

Relief may be somewhere down the road for residents of Rosedale and others on the Rockaway Peninsula and in parts of Nassau County who use a major corridor that is

It has always been about the kids for Barbara Harrison, the longtime co-director of the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC. But when the Five Towns began seeing an expansion in its Jewish population — specifically Orthodox Jews — in the early 2000s, the JCC, in Cedarhurst, offered only one class for Orthodox children per age level, so many Orthodox families instead enrolled their children in yeshivas with early childhood programs.

DISCLAIMER: The following column is a composite of several different experiences I have had with clients. It does not depict a specific encounter. This story is not about you! A couple’s ability to reach a satisfying compromise for both husband and wife is one of the hallmarks of a good marriage. A successful compromise is […]

By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Earlier this year, I stood at a new bus stop, one entirely unfamiliar to us, since the child standing by my side was my only daughter. In a way, it seemed like we were starting from scratch, by joining the ranks of all things feminine, from the uniforms to the headwear, […]

When you read the newspapers or listen to TV and radio newscasters happily showing the up and down charts, you see or hear, “The real estate market is upside down,” or “High rates in mortgage markets are destroying the market.” While all this is very entertaining in its own way, what does it have to […]

While public schools in the Five Towns, and local yeshivas, are taking measures to combat antisemitism in their academic environments, Richard Altabe, the lower school principal at the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, says that more should have been done sooner.

By Malkie Gordon Hirsch I think that I’m still surprised at how bad news still shocks even me when I initially hear something I didn’t expect to. One would think that since I’ve been through tragic and sudden loss, that I’d somehow be immune to the feelings of others, to the conjuring of emotion that […]

The last couple of weeks I have been busy looking at all the new trends in kitchens. I tell myself that I must keep up with the latest trends in new kitchens since if I ever get around to redoing my kitchen, I do want to at least know that I made my choices from […]

EZ-Pass, the cashless toll system, in operation at the Atlantic Beach Bridge toll plaza since mid-December was officially celebrated with a ribbon cutting that included County Executive Bruce Blakeman, an Atlantic Beach resident.