A Moving Experience
by Steve Lipman Staff Writer Alan Rubin has always worn a kipa, but he says it’s bigger these days. His wife, Debi, has always dressed modestly, but she says she dresses more modestly these days. The...
View ArticleS.I. Jews Running On Dunkin’
by Tamar Snyder Staff Writer For the Jews of “the forgotten borough,” life just got a little sweeter. Less than a year ago, a new, $40 million Jewish community center opened in Staten Island in the...
View ArticleGetting A ‘Second Life’
by Tamar Snyder Staff Writer It will look like any other Israeli celebration. Israeli music will blare in the background. The Israeli flag will be raised, followed by a few (short) speeches. Freebie...
View ArticleDaddy Dearest
by Sandee Brawarsky Jewish Week Book Critic Ted Solotaroff wanted to name his memoir “Rachmones.” He was certain that there wasn’t a Jewish reader who wouldn’t understand the word Leo Rosten defines...
View ArticleA Soldier’s Pesach With Peres
Harold Steinblatt Special to the Jewish Week Three days before Passover, Eytan Meyersdorf, a 20-year-old American oleh and soldier in a unit of the Israel Defense Force’s elite Golani Brigade, was...
View ArticleDay School Scientists Solve Israel’s Problems
Steve Lipman Israel may not be ready to wash its dirty laundry in public, but a local day school has some ideas for cleaning up the wastewater.With the level of the Sea of Galilee — Israel’s major...
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