Rabbi Chiya, in Midrash Vayikra Rabbah 24:5, teaches us that our parasha was taught to the entire nation (b’hakhal) “since the majority of the Torah’s fundamental principles may be … more

This week’s parsha contains a mitzvah that addresses the punishment to be placed upon those who curse their parents. This reference (Chapter 20 verse 9) seems to be a repeat from Shmot … more

On the last day of Pesach, or as my husband Jerry likes to kid, “the eighth day of a seven day holiday,” he commemorated his father’s yahrzeit. He identified with and admired his … more

Valedictorian: Aliza Isaacs    Aliza Isaacs brings passion and insight to her academic studies, as well as to all the activities she is involved in. A finalist in the Michlalah Ulpaniana … more

Students and faculty members of the Rambam Mesivta in Lawrence rallied outside the Polish Consulate in Manhattan on Yom HaShoah to call attention to that country’s recent attempt to rewrite … more

On Yom Hashoah the entire middle school of the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County was privileged to meet and hear a presentation by Alex Konstantyn, a survivor, former HANC parent, former principal of … more

Over 400 students, faculty and staff gathered in the Lamport Auditorium on the Wilf Campus of Yeshiva University on May 4, 2016, to commemorate Yom Hashoah and remember the six million Jews murdered … more

Third and fourth graders of Shulamith School for Girls in Cedarhurst took part in a Yom HaShoah commemoration last week. In addition to lighting candles in memory of the kedoshim, the students … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry The South Nassau Communities Hospital Emergency Department expansion project is under way.  The emergency room will continue to function even as sections of it are … more

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital of Far Rockaway has announced the appointment of Margaret Frantz as the hospital’s first Chief Patient Experience Officer. In this role, Frantz will be … more