Month April 2019
Lakewood store owners today reached out to TLS asking that residents be made aware that dumpsters behind their shops are private property and should not be used to dump trash. “The store owners pay for them, so please don’t bring… Continue Reading →
Lakewood store owners today reached out to TLS asking that residents be made aware that dumpsters behind their shops are private property and should not be used to dump trash. “The store owners pay for them, so please don’t bring… Continue Reading →
A new poll finds most registered voters in New York support the plastic bag ban recently passed by the Democrat-controlled state Legislature. They’re not so keen on the big pay… Read more » The post Poll: Voters Back Plastic Bag… Continue Reading →
Yisrael Beitenu party chairman, MK Avigdor Lieberman, held a press conference on Monday evening during his pre-Pesach holiday “toast” for faction members. During the event he stated his representative will recommend to President Reuven Rivlin to give the presidential mandate… Continue Reading →
Paris – Monuments are the emotional backbone of France. That accounts for the despair over a blaze that killed no one, yet seared the collective soul. It is the power Notre Dame had — still has, despite the charred scars… Continue Reading →
The European Union is calling for a renewal of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in the wake of Israel’s election last week. The E.U. statement Monday said it would work with the… Read more » The post EU Wants New Mideast Peace… Continue Reading →
“We offer the best deal in New York,” explained David G. Greenfield, CEO of Met Council. “You give us access to the needy people and we will give you all the kosher food they need for Pesach.” That’s how Met… Continue Reading →
As many of you probably know, in December of 2018, I visited Saudi Arabia and wrote about my trip extensively in a three-part series titled “A Land Off Limits,” which was printed in Ami Magazine, in issues 400, 401, and… Continue Reading →
n every Jewish home, you can turn to the bookcase and find a collection of sefarim. You can walk into a shul or beis midrash and find its otzar hasefarim. Jews collect sefarim and have done so for thousands of… Continue Reading →
The multitudes of teenagers thronging the leafy college campus on the first day of the Fall 1981 semester exhibited all the classic signs of youthful exuberance: In the air, frisbees spun, balls were tossed, kites wafted, music played, and shrill… Continue Reading →
I remember running up the steep incline of my grandmother’s driveway on Friday afternoons, pulling open the front door and inhaling the sweet scent of peanut butter and marshmallow fluff. The smell guided me into the kitchen where my grandmother… Continue Reading →
“We’re going into the waiting room now. Leave your phone in the car,” I was instructed. “In fact, leave everything in the car but your ID, and some money, if you want to give it to the inmate you’re going… Continue Reading →
It has been said that all human encounters ultimately lead to a relationship with the Divine. But when meeting exceptionally pious people, G-d’s presence is palpable almost from the very first moment. My meeting this rainy evening in Bnei Brak… Continue Reading →
“My name is Linda Abdel El Aziz Menuhin. I have coupled my father’s name to mine to keep his memory alive. It takes the place of a visit to a grave I’ll never know. My father had no funeral nor… Continue Reading →
“Yisrael was adorned with three crowns: kesser Torah (the crown of Torah), kesser kehunah (the crown of priesthood), and kesser malchus (the crown of royalty). Kesser kehunah was given to Aharon, as it states (Bamidbar 25:13): ‘It shall be for… Continue Reading →
Rebbetzin Paler’s dining room in her Boro Park home bears evidence to a life surrounded by greatness. On the wall is an elegantly framed portrait of her husband, the renowned rosh yeshivah of Mekor Chaim, Rav Binyomin Paler, z”tl, who passed away… Continue Reading →
Outgoing Mayor Rahm Emanuel has agreed to create a partnership between technology and innovation ecosystems with the city of Chicago and an Israeli nonprofit. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Emanuel… Read more » The post Chicago Signs on High Tech… Continue Reading →
Top administration officials have been discussing ways to increase pressure on countries with high numbers of citizens who overstay short-term visas, as part of President Donald Trump’s growing focus on immigration heading into his re-election campaign. Read more on Yeshiva… Continue Reading →
If you’re leaving town for Yom Tov, you may want to have your mail placed on hold while you’re away – for both safety and convenience. The USPS offers this service free from 3-30 days. You can sign up here until 2:00… Continue Reading →
If you’re leaving town for Yom Tov, you may want to have your mail placed on hold while you’re away – for both safety and convenience. The USPS offers this service free from 3-30 days. You can sign up here until 2:00… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED]There’s just something exciting about the pre-Yom Tov rush. The hectic driving, the shopping plazas filled with cars, the packed shopping carts, the endless lines…. Sometime amid the scramble, the thought comes, We’re so lucky! We’re all so busy, so… Continue Reading →