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What I did on my summer vacation By Mayer Fertig Issue of July 31, 2009 / 5769 Debora and Peter Steinerman of Woodmere did, for three hours last week, during their trip to … more

Kolko kicked out of one colony but finds another By Michael Orbach Issue of July 31, 2009 / 10 Av 5769 In the Catskills this summer, worries about children's safety are extending beyond … more

Arrow II misses its mark By Micah D. Halpern Issue of July 31, 2009 / 10 Av 5769 The threat of nuclear attack by Iran is real; it is as palpable in the corridors of Washington as it is … more

By Michael Orbach Issue of July 31, 2009 / 10 Av 5769 On a warm summer Friday in Great Neck — the morning after the chief rabbi of Syrian Jews in America was perp walked for the … more

Another reason for the destruction By Chananya Weissman Issue of July 31, 2009 / 10 Av 5769 After five rabbis and more than a dozen other members of Orthodox Jewish communities in New … more

From the other side of the bench By David Seidemann Issue of July 31, 2009 / 10 Av 5769 Close to 3,000 performances over a 40 year span. Quite a run, or should I say dance, for … more

By Michelle Bergman Issue of July 31, 2009 / 10 Av 5769 The summer is whizzing by and camps are at their midway mark. Schools everywhere are actively involved in planning for a successful … more

How to respond to grief with chesed and Torah learning By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of July 31, 2009 / 10 Av 5769 Two recent books deal with the untimely death of a close one, each in a … more

Issue of July 31, 2009 / 10 Av 5769 In April 2007, the Baltimore Jewish Times published the accounts of three victims of Ephraim Shapiro, a former congregational rabbi and principal of the … more