April 22, 2009 / Columns

Tragedy in fading Binghamton

FIRST PERSON…

COLUMBUS, Ohio —In September 1984, Ronald Reagan visited what he called the "Valley of Opportunity," a region in New York's southern tier that encompasses the triple cities of Binghamton, Johnson City and Endicott. More...

First person: Touring Israel & Petra—the best trip of our lives

My husband Alvin and I toured Israel and Petra, Jordan on a JCC Senior Adult Department trip this past February. The group was led by Gilah Lewis Sietz and her assistant Robin Lazarow. More...

Finding your happy place when the world starts to get you down

SALLY'S WORLD

I envy my sister. When Ruthie's feeling rotten, she rushes over to her gym and gets on the treadmill. More...

Preparing to guide a group of students through Israel

A place like no other:

I write this message for Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha?Atzmaut, Israeli Memorial and Independence Day, on the eve of leaving South Jersey for Israel with the confirmation students from Temple Emanuel and M'kor Shalom. More...

'Employee Free Choice Act' badly flawed

A recent article in the Jewish Voice (March 25, page 7) utilized the tenets of the Jewish Religion and the Talmud to support passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). More...

Yom Hashoah: Identity richly complex

NEW YORK—I grew up in two different worlds—one that doesn't exist anymore and one in which I didn't feel quite at home. Like many children of immigrants, I struggled with the culture of America. More...

No normalcy when Passover & Easter are separated by checkpoints

JERUSALEM JOURNAL

This Passover I received greetings from all over the world thanks to my connections via various social networks on the Internet. More...

The rebbitzin's recipes: Celebrate Israel on Lag B'Omer

Lag B'Omer marks the 33rd day of the counting of the Omer, which takes place between the second day of Pesach and Shavuot. During this time the 24,000 students of the great sage Rabbi Akiva passed away. More...