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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Thousands of people joined together at Ahi Ezer Congregation, on the 18th day of Tishrei, Hol Hamoed Succot, to pay respect to our beloved leader Hacham Sion Maslaton. It was a day set aside for simcha, a day where no eulogies can be heard, yet still people felt a need to attend what turned out to b...
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Community Articles/Jewish Holidays
Tuesday December 4 - Wednesday December 12
In the time of King Antiochus, the fate of the Jewish people seemed grim indeed. The vastly outnumbered Maccabees were up against the world's most sophisticated military machine. They faced opposition from within, as well. Many of t...
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Community Articles/Writer's Thoughts
Judaism says “Happiness is not a happening. Happiness is a state of mind. You can have everything in the world and be miserable or have relatively little and feel a sense of joy.”
The question that arises is: How is happiness related to health? Researchers have been studying well-be...
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Community Articles/Writer's Thoughts
I won the split the pot! I won the split the pot! 8:30, Thursday morning, I got a call from the yeshivah to tell me the good news.
Mrs. Levy?” the lady on the phone asked me. “Which Mrs. Levy is this?”
“Evelyn,” I told her, “it's your friend of 20 yea...
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Community Articles/Community Events
Much scholarly research has focused on “fortuitous events.” What, you ask, is a fortuitous event? Simply put, it's an unexpected or unintended event. Every day we meet people by chance or through random events that we could not predict. These unexpected happenings have been dubbed fortui...
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Community Articles/Organizations
Rina Stern stood at her kitchen stove and glanced up at the huge clock over the window. She shook her head grimly. It was Erev Rosh Hashanah and she still had about three days worth of Yom Tov preparations to cram into the final six hours before sundown.
“I'll never get done. I'll never, ...
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Community Articles/Health
In Judaism, the ethical obligation or mandate of preserving one's health is unparalleled by any other commandment in the Torah. This is illustrated by the fact that there are 613 commandments in the Torah that may all be desecrated (minus three: idolatry, murder, adultery) in order to save a life. I...
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Community Articles/Health
Americans need to eat more whole grain products, vegetables and fruit. You should try to include these foods regularly in your snacks. Eating three small meals a day plus a few nutritious snacks throughout the day will keep your metabolism running all day long. Here are a few great reasons to snack:
12/11/2007 | 370 Hits |  (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Education
Parents play a pivotal role in educating their children, yet family involvement is often neglected. One of the best ways to stay involved in your child's life on a daily basis is to help him with his homework.
07/30/2007 | 243 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/In Memoriam
Professor Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor, was shot as he shielded the classroom door so his students could safely escape.
08/06/2007 | 359 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Health
Aholiday is a holy day because it interrupts the daily flow of our unexamined lives with messages and reminders that we need to make life worth living. As we approach the holy days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, let's remember the purpose of this first 10-day period of the year—to fill us wi...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
How do Hillel alumni define their success? For an alumnus of Hillel, there is no one definite answer. Whether they've become parents, teachers, lawyers, or doctors, it didn't take long for them to stop, reflect, and comment, “...yes, I owe that to Hillel.”
That success is evident ...
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Community Articles/Sports
Over one hundred fans came from Brooklyn, Queens and even Long Island to see the Yeshivah of Flatbush take on Hillel High School in a cutthroat championship baseball game, on a beautiful day at Fireman’s Field in Deal, NJ.
The fans lined the bleachers and some brought their own chairs. O...
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Community Articles/Community Events
Laughing, smiling, playing and enjoying are what summer is all about for our children. Recently, Hillel Yeshiva PTA gave our children the perfect opportunity to do just that. Our second annual Kids Night Out, sponsored by Mollie and Marc Seruya in loving memory of their brother Jeffrey Cohen A”H, wa...
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Community Articles/Education
It was evident from the beginning of the year that Israel was to be a major theme of the 2008-2009 school year at Hillel Yeshiva. In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel, Hillel students participated in various programs and projects.
For the first time...
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Community Articles/Community Events
On a beautiful evening in late summer, Lori and Rene Rofe graciously opened their spectacular home and spacious grounds to children of all ages.
10/11/2007 | 489 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Community Events
As I entered the lobby of Hillel Yeshiva Elementary School, I wondered if I had taken a wrong turn somewhere and walked into an upscale boutique. The lobby was beautifully decorated with pink polka dots and purple rose petal runways.
The display of gifts was very extensive, with many useful and...
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Community Articles/Organizations
Can any of us ever imagine what our lives would be like had we personally survived a terrorist attack? In this age of widespread terrorism, most of us only read about the horrific plight of victims of such attacks. We may sympathize, yet we can never truly understand the emotional and physical traum...
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Community Articles/Community Events
Take the Wizard of Oz, blend in Wicked, Beyonce and Shakira, combine it with modern hip hop moves, feature Michael Jackson and Diana Ross's characters from the Wiz, and you have a perfect recipe: the Hip Hop Wiz.
11/28/2007 | 717 Hits | (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Jewish Communities
The history of the Jews in Australia began with the transportation of several Jewish convicts aboard the First Fleet in 1788, when the first European settlement was established on the continent in present-day Sydney. Today, an estimated 120,000 Jews reside in Australia, the majority being Ashkenazi ...
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