By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of Dec. 12, 2008 / 15 Kislev 5769 No, that wasn’t just a nip in the air; it’s really cold outside, which means Chanukah is just around the corner. In addition … more

By Rabbi Avi Billet Issue of Dec. 12, 2008 / 15 Kislev 5769 I can’t get the Holtzbergs out of my head. Not just because their images are all over the news and on every Jewish web site … more

Issue of Dec. 12 2008 / 15 Kislev 5769 Cedarhurst - Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi (The Red Shul) will resume a weekly late night seder each Thursday night in the shul at 395 Oakland Avenue, running … more

By Nicole Brackman Issue of Dec. 12, 2008 / 15 Kislev 5769 The juxtaposition of the massacre in Mumbai and the debacle last week in Chevron is particularly jarring. Whatever unity was found … more

Shaaray was always Orthodox To the Editor, I read your obituary of Rabbi Emanuel Rackman in this past week’s edition of your newspaper ( Rabbi Emanuel Rackman z”l, 98 , past rav of Shaaray … more

Issue of Dec. 12, 2008 / 15 Kislev 5769 President-elect Barack Obama is mostly doing and saying the right things as he transitions into the beginning of his presidency, and that is a … more

By Rabbi Avi Billet Issue of Dec. 5, 2008 / 8 Kislev 5769 A web site which caters to the chareidi community picked up my column on Parshat Chayei Sara in which I argued that Rivka was a … more

A commentary based upon the works of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, zt”l Reviewed by Alan J. Gerber Issue of Dec. 5, 2008 / 8 Kislev 5769 The literary history of the Jewish people is … more

By David Seidemann Issue of Dec. 5, 2008 / 8 Kislev 5769 For those that still don’t believe that the Torah is timeless and speaks to all generations, study the last few portions of the … more

Issue of Dec. 5, 2008 / 8 Kislev 5769 Revisiting Glatt Kosher Kingdom To the Editor: Thank you for writing about our new supermarket, Glatt Kosher Kingdom ( Twenty-four hour shopping in … more