The images are vivid, wrenching, visceral and simultaneously reaching, grasping and reassuring, thought provoking, connecting. The Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst is hosting an exhibit of 22 of Stan (Shlomo) Lebovic’s art works, “Black is a Color,” this Motzai Shabbat (Saturday evening), January 12, at 8:00 pm. more

If you suffer from back pain, you are far from being alone. Nearly everyone will experience some form of back pain at some point in his or her life. It is the second most common cause of missed days of work in the United States. (The common cold causes more missed days of work). Most back problems arise from injuries to the muscles or ligaments. more

Agudath Israel gave much assistance and support in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, but in turn, was also effected by the storm: its annual convention had to be postponed and Sandy and other events even changed the convention’s theme. more

Citing his leadership in numerous projects, the Young Israel of West Hempstead presented its Young Leadership Award to Ari Hirsch, assistant editor of The Vues. The awards were presented at the Young Israel’s 57th anniversary dinner, held Saturday night at the Sands. more

Jan 5 Comedy Night Cedarhurst Need a good laugh? Don’t settle for another boring Motzaei Shabbos. Chabad of the Five Towns Comedy night will feature the brilliant comedy of Joel Chasnoff. Joel’s comedy with a mix of personal anecdotes and keen observational humor, ere centered around the theme of the absurdity of modern American life. more

The Seforim Sale is the world’s largest Jewish book sale, completely run by Yeshiva University students for four weeks beginning February 3, 2013. more

How does one make life meaningful? How do we make sure that we are living every moment to its fullest potential? This week’s portion, Shemot, contains a powerful indication to Judaism’s recipe for a meaningful and joyful life. more

Commentaries have a field day trying to pinpoint what was Moshe’s sin that sealed his fate not to bring the people to the Promised Land. Even the language of the Torah is inconclusive, because when the episode of Mei Merivah (Bamidbar Chapter 20 – the “Rock incident”) took place, Moshe and Aharon are informed they will not “bring” the people to the land. It is only later that they are told they, too, will not “enter” the land (Bamidbar 20:24, Devarim 4:21 (referring to Bamidbar 14:30?), Devarim 32:52). more

The officers of the children of Israel saw them in distress, saying, “Do not reduce [the number] of your bricks, the requirement of each day in its day.” They met Moses and Aaron standing before them when they came out from Pharaoh’s presence. And they said to them, “May the L-rd look upon you and judge, for you have brought us into foul odor in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to place a sword into their hand[s] to kill us.” more

We were heading out to a wedding dear friends were making and I wanted to leave enough time to get there since we always get lost somehow or stuck in horrendous traffic. I hadn’t eaten all day and was looking forward to the shmorg. Lucky for me there was no traffic and we got off the highway in record time. Only problem was, the road we were supposed to merge onto was nowhere in sight. more