Students were “glowing” with happiness as they returned from their color-themed Midreshet Shalhevet Shabbaton at Camp Seneca. The girls arrived at camp on Friday afternoon and … more

A fun family barbecue opened the school year for kindergarten students at the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County’s Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School, in West … more

Children from the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach’s Lev Chana Early Childhood Center Kindergarten and Nursery 4 enjoyed a special visit from Rabbi Yair Oppen, Sofer, Baal Tokaya and owner of Oppen … more

Lunch time at high schools is typically a period for students to socialize, catch-up on homework, play ball, and engage in various other social activities. Yet upon entering the Beit Midrash at the … more

With all the Yomim Tovim coming up, Midreshet Shalhevet in North Woodmere held a food drive to help those in need. Over the past few weeks, the students collected non-perishable food items. After … more

The students at the Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Early Childhood Center and Elementary School of the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County busily prepared for Rosh Hashana. They learned about the … more

In one of his Yom Kippur addresses, Rabbi Joseph Hertz expressed that “Avinu Malkeinu Chatanu L’fanekha” is the prayer most reflective of our Yom Kippur goals. In it, we recognize a few very important truths about our relationship with G-d, and about ourselves. more

I had ambivalent feelings writing a baseball article about Derek Jeter right before Yom Kippur. I wondered if it was somewhat sacrilegious to address mundane topics such as sports during this … more

With Yom Kippur just a day away and Sukkos next week, this week’s essay will bring to your attention several books and essays devoted to the themes of teshuvah, repentance in the Jewish … more

Yom HaKippurim: The day of atonement. That is how we usually translate it, but is that what it really means? I heard a remarkable story this summer, in the midst of all the fighting in Gaza, … more