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The Farmers Are Ready to Observe Shemittah But They Need You to Make It Happen! Sruly Fruchtzweig It’s up to us With just a couple of weeks to go before the onset of shemittah 5782, close to 4,000 farmers are preparing to allow their beloved land to lay fallow for a full year. While shemittah […]

From the desk of Rabbi Eliyohu Meir Schmelczer Dina Steinberg Two sharpened pencils and a crisp new notebook may be what we envision as we prepare our children for the new school year (and a three-inch binder, a Hebrew-English dictionary, six highlighters, and a four-pocket folder with fasteners, of course). In truth, school prep extends […]

Dina Steinberg Newness is in the air. It permeates the classrooms, where freshly waxed floors squeak and pristine whiteboards seem aglow. It filters into our homes, where we prepare for the Yamim Nora’im, taking stock afresh of our lives. What better time is there than this season to address a challenge that affects us all […]

Q&A with Menachem Abraham of Oscar Abraham CPA Question I opened my online bank statement the other day and was surprised to find an extra few hundred dollars deposited there. Was this another stimulus check? A late rebate? An early tax return? Answer Americans across the country have gotten used to receiving small federal windfalls […]

The Quiet Giant Who Inspired Thousands with Love and Exactitude Harav Mordechai Respler, Rosh Yeshivas Mesivta of Long Beach, reflects on the legacy of his Rebbi, Hagaon Rav Yitzchok Feigelstock zt”l Y. Strauss Side by side, rebbi and talmid paced the front of the beis midrash, pausing every now and then. The bachur, Mordechai Respler, […]

Bein HazmanimDina Steinberg Places to GoFor many, bright sunshine will always bring up images of adventure: wet, mossy rocks, gushingwaterfalls, a makeshift roadside barbecue, midday hikes, and the magic of the great outdoors. Summerdazzles with endless opportunities for exploration, discovery, and bonding. The memories you form onthose hot, sticky days will likely last a lifetime.Before […]

Penina NussbaumDuring the Three Weeks we remember and mourn the tragedies Klal Yisrael has suffered and thelives we have lost during our long and bitter galus. One of the largest, most horrific, and mostconsequential attacks on world Jewry occurred merely 75 years ago. The Holocaust was a periodof persecution and destruction on a scale the […]

A True Account of Adversity and HopeAs told to Yael DorfmanIf the year 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that life can change in an instant.For me, it began with a bang; I discovered that I was expecting my sixth child just as the world was turnedupside down by COVID-19.There was no time to focus […]

Nesivos Introduces Mental Health Awareness Day to the Lakewood Community In an unprecedented initiative, Nesivos, in partnership with CHEMED and LCSC, is bringing the first annual Mind Your Mind, a Mental Health Awareness Day project, to the Lakewood community. A nonprofit institution founded and directed by Rabbi Binyamin Greenspoon, LCSW, and Rabbi Yishai Ghoori, Nesivos […]

Sara Schenirer’s Initiative to Make Higher Education Accessible Shira Perlstein Chani Reiss* grew up in Lakewood and dreamed of becoming an ABA therapist. Dassi, her older sister, was an accountant, but Chani was looking for an opportunity to work with children on the spectrum and support a husband in kollel for as long as possible. […]