In a health care emergency, everyone needs a posek — and the time to select one is before anyone gets sick. That was a point made repeatedly by Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD, during a panel on … more

Extra set of hands; a shoulder to lean on By Malka Eisenberg Issue of August 29, 2008 Any married parent who’s ever felt like he or she does a disproportionate amount of the child … more

You have a solution on curbing astronomic day school tuition? Send it to the Orthodox Union. This week the national organization challenged schools and communities to come up with “innovative and replicable solutions to address day school affordability,” offering challenge grants ranging between $50,000 to $150,000 for up to three-years to implement the winning plan. more

Nobody gets out of here alive and it doesn’t matter how you leave, it matters how you lived your life while you were here. We are all on the way, way to what? Will we ever get there? Can we? We were allowed to come here for a purpose; we have a mission, a tikkun, a repair for our souls and for others. We start out small, knowing nothing of this place and have to grow to become all we can become. more

A Great Neck boy’s interest in sneakers forged a connection with his grandfather and led to a fundraising project that ties him to Israeli soldiers. more

It might be just one more brick in virulently anti-Semitic rock superstar Roger Waters’ wall of hate, but for several Nassau County elected officials, it’s one step too far onto the dark … more

Many wonder: Why don’t we have peace in the Middle East?… There are some who argue the settlements are the reason there’s not peace, but we all know what happened … more

Several speakers at Sunday’s Achiezer Jewish Healthcare Conference & Expo agreed on this point: When dealing with a loved one’s serious illness, don’t face it alone. Get … more

Challenging someone to step forward and forge unity across the varied streams of Torah observant Judaism in the Five Towns and Far Rockaway, Stephen Savitsky declared the need for achdut (unity), in a talk following Shabbat mincha at the Young Israel of Woodmere. more

I keep hearing this phrase: “When the tallest mountain trembles, the smallest mountain comes to help.” As if the friendship between the people of Nepal and the people of Israel was not … more