Pillow party at Woodmere Rehab DRS-HALB student gets creative with Ketchup Art more

Issue of July 3 2009 / 11 Tammuz 5769 Summer in Long Beach The Young Israel of Long Beach has organized several programs to service the large influx of families during the summer. Beginning … more

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Issue of January 15, 2010/ 29 Tevet 5770 Dear That’s Life, There’s something surreal about being able to pick up a birth certificate and a death certificate at the same office at the Town … more

From the other side of the bench by David Seidemann Issue of April 30, 2010/ 16 Iyar, 5770 One of the most effective tools of cross-examination is to confront the witness with his or her … more

By Fran Becker Issue of August 20, 2010/ 10 Elul 5770 I cannot drive by Ground Zero, or see a picture of the Twin Towers, without getting a lump in my throat. That gaping hole in the Manhattan … more

I never met him. But of his many written works, I have read. The recent untimely passing of Rabbi Dr. Aaron Levine, whose sheloshim was observed this past week, represents the loss of one of … more

You can tell much about a politician from the donations he accepts. Where I live, my representative in Congress is Steve Israel. He is also the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Mr. Israel accepts money from at least one donor who should make people wonder about his support for his eponymous ancestral nation. more

I like Facebook. It should be as simple as that. So why should I feel the need to defend my time spent using that social medium, when I’m only one of 800 million active users today? I have connections with both close and distant friends on Facebook, have reunited with old elementary school chums and made new acquaintances that have turned into friendships. more