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Despite what may seem like my impassioned defense of Los Angeles, I have only been there as a visitor. I can appreciate a great dinner with friends at Pat’s on Pico... However, I can’t pretend to fully understand the daily struggles of the average frum family there.
Please don’t think I am minimizing what you feel, but you must immediately expand your circle, your horizons, and your world.
As a renowned doctor, Tuviya served as the personal physician to five successive sultans. It was during this time that in the year 1708 Tuviya published Ma’ase Tuviya (first printed in Venice).
By Baruch Lytle
I’ve never tasted anything like this before, Avi said of the Lamb Kebab, It’s definitely very cooked but so melt-in-your-mouth – it’s silky and the flavors are so intense and juicy.
Baruch Hashem, we live in a world where many people desire to be exposed to the depths of the Torah. But there is a difficulty to surmount. How do you teach deep concepts to a student who does not yet have the background as a foundation to understand them?
his is not the standard look for someone who attends our shul even if just passing through, especially since there are other shuls on the block that may be considered a better fit. I'll be honest that if someone comes in looking like this, it's usually to collect tzedakah.
The Potter books, which have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide and have become the best-selling book series in history, have been translated into at least 80 languages, including Hebrew.
By Marc Gronich
Historians believe the way Grant wrote General Orders No. 11 it appeared he held antisemitic views since he expelled the Jews as a class.
An ordinary man who led an extraordinary life, Rabbi Wallerstein was never one who chased the limelight or enjoyed the trappings of fame.
For those who are introverted, being with people often feels like it is sapping their energy – even if they themselves have great social skills.
What a glorious sight it is to see Jewish boys raised in this land...
I believe that in therapy if both husband and wife work on their individual issues, and then show positive loving feelings to one another, the marriage can improve dramatically.
Rubinstein’s success was such that she was able to bring two of her sisters to Australia to run the salons while she spent a year in Europe, where she studied with various experts about skin treatments, facial surgery, and good dietary practices.
By Marc Gronich
In Hebrew there is an expression Da lifnei mi attah omed – Look before whom you’re standing. I’m going to focus on my area when I have to work for the state. I’ll focus on my area, which is what I was elected for.
The conference will be held on May 22, 2022, 4-9 p.m., at InterContinental Times Square.
By Jeremy Wayne
When Elisabeth de Waal, née Ephrussi, returned to the Ephrussi palace, her childhood home, in December 1945, she was in for a surprise. That her former world, the palace itself, the art and the treasures, were all gone, she already knew.
I stared over at Binyamin. Not that long ago I had cared for him, Shaindy, not deeply or passionately, but enough to look forward to his coming home, enough to worry about his health and well-being. Had he ever cared about me?
Laurel and Hardy got their start in film working with a variety of Jewish slapstick comedians and, prior to emerging as a team, both had well-established movie careers.
By Marc Gronich
It’s what they said about Nixon, in this case, what did she (Hochul) know and when did she know it? asked Assemblyman Eric (Ari) Brown (R-Cedarhurst, Nassau County), 54, the first Republican Orthodox Jew in the Assembly.
One friend told me that her mother did not go to her brother’s high school graduation because he was not the valedictorian but only the salutatorian.
In that moment we were so awestruck and appreciative that worrying about what was coming was not in our schema.
Please Dr. Respler give me ideas on how to parent my grown children properly.
For this column, I thought I would share some interesting items relating to Pesach that are in a local museum or from my personal collection.
The book follows the structure of the Haggadah, and is designed to be used alongside a traditional Haggadah as one goes through the Seder.
This volume records the milestones of the life of a German Jew who left his family and homeland in 1853 to try his luck in the New World.
Forty-five minutes later, he called. “You’re a witch! What are you doing to me?” “What happened now?” I held the phone three inches from my poor ear. “As if you don’t know.” I took a bite of toast. “Tell me.”
By Roni
Did Abie have a problem letting go and allowing others to give input into the songs on the album? Without them, this album might not have happened, he says.
Obviously, the purpose of this excellent book was to highlight the cases in which Ashkenazi and Sefardi psak differ, and help Jews understand the practices of different communities.
This is of course your right and there is certainly the argument that sometimes we all need to recharge, to take a break, and to step back when we feel beaten down or overwhelmed.
By Ben Rothke
It is clear from the start that this is not your bubbe's Haggadah.
The older I get, the more I realize that when I was younger I had opportunities to learn from people who had much Torah to share, and I did not take full advantage of those opportunities.
Written in a question-and-answer format to pique the interest of “teens and adults,” the questions can seem to come from left field.
As Passover approached in 1858, tens of thousands of Jews lived in Manhattan, comprising about three percent of the population, and there were thousands of poor Jews needing kosher staples for the holiday – not the least of which, of course, was matzah.
By Marc Gronich
This Agudah priority directly impacts families with children, by putting additional dollars in their pockets and helping them keep up with the costs of raising families, Weinstock wrote in a prepared news release.
By Eve Glover
Forty-five charedi students graduated last year, 60 percent of whom went into the IDF, mostly in the Computer and IT Directorate, and the other 40 percent in the Air Force.
It was from Matnat Chaim that Rabbi Libi learned that kidney transplants are reasonably safe procedures. Potential donors are screened carefully to check that their kidneys are healthy.
Networking is also a very good medium. We let the word out when we were initially looking to adopt; we told many people. She should let the word out to people she knows outside of her state.
What is unusual in this order of prayer is that the Empress Maria Theresa is recalled as one of the most antisemitic and hostile rulers in modern Jewish history.
Taking the time to go through a checklist of items to ensure that your investments and financial plan are all up to date is imperative to achieving one’s goals.
Your willingness to learn and grow is already an asset in the shidduch process. There are, however, some ideas that might help you during this time.
Cade and Logan’s courage in the face of resistance from some in their school and community is a model for all people who seek to speak up for others and what they know is right.
Something I took away from this book is the need to be present and mindful, and Pachter explains why and how to do this in a practical way.
I tried to communicate with my eyes – stop, no more tricks! – but he shuffled over to Binyamin’s side and whispered in his ear.
The question of the extent to which Mendelssohn identified with Judaism is still passionately debated, as authorities continue to argue about his self-identification as a Jew, as a Christian convert, or both.
By Marc Gronich
Tradition don’t sound as important as law and justice and the statutes. Tradition is, the Rebbe says, in his book on the Haggadah,... that tradition is sometimes even more important than law and justice and a real law.
People with self-esteem have a strong sense of their own worth, which leads them to stand up for themselves when others attempt to put them down.
Through giving, we connect to others, but we also connect to Hashem by imitating Him. This imitation creates similarity, and similarity leads to connection.
It is never fun for guests who are rushing to get ready for Shabbos to have to choose between charging their phone or blow-drying their hair.
I was shocked to read that R.N. refers to the young men as boys. If they are boys, then maybe the mothers are right to have reservation with the suggestion of the shadchan.
You are doing so well. Dating is a challenge that often feels like a race without rules. Perhaps now is the perfect time to breathe and regroup.
During the initial year-and-a-half of its existence, the Vaad concentrated its efforts on assisting the over 2,600 Polish rabbis and yeshivah students who had escaped to Lithuania, and trying to arrange their emigration overseas.
I particularly liked how Ciment addresses hardships. He explains that setbacks are actually set ups for something way better.
Quirks of Hebrew language, prayer and the festivals are opened up to reveal much more to us than we might have originally thought.
Ben Gurion used the broad public demand in Israel for a retaliatory action against Egypt to launch a February 28, 1955, attack on Gaza in which 39 Egyptians were killed and Israel suffered no casualties.
By Marc Gronich
Opponents of the current law want to give judges additional authority and discretion in setting bail for lower-level crimes.
Twice exceptional children have a combination of exceptional intellectual power and uncommonly formidable mental roadblocks.
This manuscript of approximately 450 pages is dated 1891. It contains 32 chapters, written under the pseudonym Yeshay Ben Amotz, perhaps a play on his last name Schaikewitz.
My mother thinks of herself as a superior person, has very little feelings for other people, and probably suffers from a deep lack of self-esteem.
Dear Tsadik, I have two candlesticks given to us by an aunt years ago that she claimed belonged to her parents, pre-Holocaust. Can you tell me anything about them? Thank you. Harold Furst Boca Raton, FL Dear Harold, I normally do not appraise objects that are secular in nature that have been adapted for […]
If you are a few years from retirement or in retirement, inflation becomes a bigger concern. You may no longer have a paycheck, can’t take as much risk with your portfolio, and don’t necessarily have the luxury of waiting out a long inflationary cycle.
Of course, you are intimated and overwhelmed. The more focused you become on their bottom line, the more bargain basement you will feel.
One can only be a strong and effective team player to the extent that one has worked on oneself.
How much privacy is warranted once the information becomes public? What can everyone do when all the girls are talking about it among themselves?
Although Haffkine personally donated funds to purchase land in Eretz Yisrael, he was not a political Zionist who considered a Jewish state as necessary for Jewish survival...
The masses who had visited Rav Chaim seeking his beracha and advice during his lifetime would not let anything keep them from coming to mourn and showing their respects and appreciation for him after his death.
Children with APD often do not recognize subtle differences between sounds in words, even though the sounds themselves are loud and clear.
I have an accomplished friend who is careful to maintain a healthy weight and works out several times a week – yet she cannot accept a compliment.
Deinard's antiquarian activities, which involved constant travel throughout Europe, the Orient and America, gave him a unique acquaintance with scholars, private collectors, fellow booksellers and libraries.
Candidate: Do you socialize with colleagues outside work? Interviewer: No way. Did you not see them?
By Roni
Now, I have seen Avraham Fried perform live nearly a dozen times. But I never saw him like this.
Please do not behave passive-aggressively with the shadchan by continuously avoiding the shadchan's call, in regards to your response after a date.
Like everything in life, gift-giving is an art, and knowing your audience is paramount.
By Yael Zoldan
Shoyer elevates pressure cooking from the tired stews and stringy, boiled chicken of the 50s to a more contemporary cuisine.
The author shows that when it comes to Jewish involvement in theft, the Jews themselves were not typically the ones engaged in stealing or robbing. Rather, they often served as fences, acting as middlemen between thieves and the eventual buyers of stolen goods.
You will be introduced to a fascinating outpost of world Jewry and undoubtedly meet people who can also give you insider information and tips about visiting Hong Kong in general.
By Marc Gronich
In the history of this city and state, most often the challenger against the party wins the nomination, Rudy Giuliani told The Jewish Press.
There is always safety in numbers. Travel with a friend or two and agree to look out for one another and to travel back to your homes together at the end of the evening.
The success of the Chidon Ha-Tanach launched other Bible contests, including a competition sponsored by the IDF (Israel Defense Force), and numerous local and regional quizzes, usually also held on Yom Haatzmaut, reflecting the broad popularity of learning Torah even among secular Israelis.
By Marc Gronich
The people of Ukraine are suffering at the hands of a terrorist. Growing up in the region I know that President Putin has always been a tyrant but now he has officially lost his mind, said New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (R-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn).
October 2, 2026 
