Rav Stephen Exler led the participants, Holocaust survivors, their children and grandchildren in singing the Partisan Song at the conclusion at the Hebrew Institute of
Hundreds of Jews from the Bronx and of Westchester Jewish communities gathered before Pesach on the south lawn of Ridge Hill and celebrated Hakhel, a
Beth Aharon, Riverdale’s Sephardic Orthodox Congregation, held a Megillah reading at the Bayit at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. Robert Kalfus can be reached at
Chabad of Yonkers Purim festivities this year featured a theme of “Purim in Mexico” and saw people dressed in Mexican-themed costumes, a live mariachi band,
Rabbi Mendy Hurwitz of the Chabad of Yonkers/Greystone welcomed an entire week of festivities celebrating Chanukah, starting with the music of Mr. Shabbos, Keith Leaf’s
Yonkers barber Slava Shushakova’s mezuzah had been on his shop’s door for many years. Chabad of Yonkers Rabbi Mendy Hurwitz checked the old mezuzah, fixed
The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, the Bronx, welcomed more than 100 people to its annual free Thanksgiving meal last week. A thoughtful Rosh Chodesh service
Robert Kalfus has been winning prizes for his photographs since 1970, and was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Please contact him for photography assignments
Even though it was not quite Woodstock 1969, those of us who remember Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, New York, welcomed the return of Westchester’s
Dozens of Chabad of Yonkers members, their families and friends, and many who have various connections with Rabbi Mendy Hurwitz recently celebrated his 39th birthday.
Israel’s 74th birthday was celebrated on May 5 at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, open to the entire Riverdale community. Musical Director Jonathan Dzik directed
Dozens of people of all faiths and from Riverdale’s many different synagogues gathered before Pesach to show their support for Israel, and to grieve the
