I couldn’t help myself; a huge grin spread across my face, and I felt like dancing, and then that one terrible word escaped, the one I still remember: “Todah.” (“Thank you.”) I could tell I was in trouble as soon as the words left my lips; his eyes changed first, then his entire face, and then the glare we all feared, the one that meant you were about to get a serious work-out. more

Although Philip Bach, a”h, struggled with Familial Dysautonomia (FD) from birth and only lived to the age of 27, he managed to touch the hearts and lives of many in the Five Towns and Far Rockaway community. more

A new study conducted at Columbia University, based on the genetic sequencing of 128 Ashkenazi Jews, shows that modern Ashkenazi Jews descend from a small group of about 350 individuals who lived between 600 and 800 years ago. more

After more than 75 years, the train trip still haunts Evelyn Pike Rubin, who recounted for students at Sanford H. Calhoun, a public high school in Merrick, her family’s escape from Nazi … more

Hachnasat Sefer Torah at Rambam Sunday’s snow could not keep hundreds of Rambam talmidim and their Rebbeim from dancing in the streets to welcome a new Sefer Torah to Rambam. Dedicated by … more

With Shavuot now behind up, we restart our learning of Pirkei Avot, beginning with the first chapter. Thus, it is most opportune to bring to your attention a new commentary by Rabbi Marc Angel, a … more

With the Ashkenazic community beginning Selichot this Saturday night, with Rosh Hashana around a week and a half away, bringing with it the Day of Judgment, we are left to examine our deeds, our … more

Obamacare is beginning to fall apart and the federal government is going to look to American taxpayers to fund putting it back together. Last Wednesday United Healthcare announced it lost $425 … more

Eighth grade girls from various incoming schools took part in the annual “Day in the Life at HANC High School” last Thursday, providing our applicants with the unique opportunity to see … more

As we approach Yom HaShoah (Holocaust memorial day on 27 Nissan), Yom HaZikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day on 3 Iyar) and Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day on 4 Iyar), Rabbi … more