FAST FACTS: Flatbush Shomrim Members: 60 Mission Statement: To work closely with the community and be the eyes and ears of the police department. Year Flatbush Shomrim began: Flatbush Shomrim was started by...
Dear Rabbi and Shira, I hope you and your family are well. It’s been 5 weeks since we’ve been sheltering in place. I’m wondering if I should start “dating” online...
We have just c o m p l e t e d the “season of questions.” We have only one day ago bid farewell to a holiday that encourages us...
Parashiyot Tazria and Mesora deal mainly with the laws of Sara’at – a skin disorder resembling leprosy that would befall people on account of certain sins. The Torah outlines the...
Reciting Berachos for a Simcha (e.g. sheva berachos, bris) over Zoom If a grandfather is participating in the bris milah of his grandson via Zoom, it is permissible for him to...
In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because...
The Holocaust was a historical rupture- an unprecedented horror so revolting that it doesn’t fit “neatly” into the stream or flow of history. This nightmare must continue to shape our...
I. PESACH, DAVEN AND BENTCHING In the current phase of the C oro n av i r u s pandemic, all shuls around the world are closed and nearly every Jew...
INGREDIENTS: 5 lbs assorted mini potatoes cut in 1/4’s 6 eggs 2-3 stalks celery, diced 3-4 dill pickles, diced 1/2 sweet onion, chopped Salt and pepper to taste Mayonnaise approximately 1 generous cup DIRECTIONS: Anytime we have a bbq...
Just recently, Governor Mario Cuomo made an ann o u n c e m e n t extending selfdistancing and the closure of much of commerce in New York State...