By Michael Orbach Issue of September 11, 2009 / 22 Elul 5769 After being targeted by repeated lawsuits, the Lawrence School District is going on the offensive. In a memorandum filed … more

Tanach study program launching in Five Towns By Michael Orbach Issue of September 11,  2009 / 22 Elul 5769 Is seven-and-a-half-years too long to wait? The Young Israel of North Woodmere … more

Perhaps one of the most nefarious myths of World War II was that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was the one who liberated the Jews from the Nazi evil and ended the Holocaust. I call this … more

Issue of September 11,  2009 / 22 Elul 5769 Defending Kennedy To the Editor: I am writing to comment on the Kosher Bookworm’s article: “The Kennedy legacy: American tragedy or … more

Issue of September 11, 2009 / 22 Elul 5769 A lot has happened in the eight years since Sept. 11, 2001. Children too young to remember much about that day entered high school this week. Two wars … more

In close to 20 years of “lawyering” I would estimate that I have appeared in front of at least 100 different judges. Municipal court, civil court, Supreme Court, district court or the appellate … more

The High Holidays coincide with the Muslim holiday of Ramadan this year. Judaism follows the lunar calendar and adds a month to compensate for leap years. The Hijrah, the Islamic calendar of Islam, … more

By Rafael Medoff Issue of September 11, 2009 / 22 Elul 5769 The same week that Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez denounced Israel as “genocidal,” he invited a genuine perpetrator of … more

By Matt Gaffney Issue of Sept. 11, 2009 / 22 Elul 5769 Across 1 Larry Gelbart's pride 5 Hoover et al. 9 Use an Uzi 14 Fashionable periodical 15 Charles Lamb's pen name 16 … more

In the context of thoughts on why “Tisha B’Av precedes Va’etchanan,” I raised the halakhic discussion point that Nitzavim is always read before Rosh Hashana (Shulchan Arukh 428). The Pri … more