Veteran readers of this column are familiar with my paternal grandfather, Chaim Yitzchak Weinreb. He was an old-school Jew, with roots in the region of
The scene: A dairy restaurant, somewhere on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Yitz: This omelette is delicious. Here, have a bite. Becky: No thanks.
As he attempts to counteract the characterizations of him as a “lame duck,” President Obama is facing an array of struggles. As the de facto
Now that we are past Election Day, I think the clearest message to come out of the elections is “just show up.” For the past
Rav of Congregation Shaarei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck Last month we presented three reasons why we argue that Hacham Ovadia Yosef was the
On November 5 I hosted Ambassador Danny Ayalon, Former Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United States, and the Rennert Visiting Professor of
I was thrilled as a young boy to watch the rebirth of Israel. I knew of the Holocaust; pictures of people suffering and dead in
Three wars made blips on Israel’s radar screen this week, and then disappeared. Israel has been conducting two out of the three wars against its
Congregation Ohr HaTorah (Rav Sobolofsky’s shul) boys motzei shabbos learning this past motzei shabbos (11/15/14), which takes place weekly in the Yeshiva Gedolah of Teaneck.
Many people do not realize that the vast majority of breast cancer occurs by chance, and are not a matter of heredity. However, breast cancer
“You cut the turkey without me!” Uncle Gabriel arrives late for the Thanksgiving meal and is in utter disbelief. His voice rises, “You cut the
Just as a caveat, a two-week column may not suffice to address every angle of building a website or the costs involved. Feel free to
