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Common Sense // EXCLUSIVE A visit to City Hall with Mayor...
Walking up to the guard’s booth at the entrancE to City Hall Park in Downtown Manhattan, one notices immediately that there is a new...
Lev Mavashev // Alpha Realty
You know what they say: “Home is where the heart is.” In the world of real estate, if you are not into it, heart...
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Meet Yechiel Orgel
Yechiel Orgel was a hardworking employee, moving up the ranks at B&H Photo,...
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Slandering While Black // Investigation results are a woke-up call
To The New York Times’ credit, and the surprise of all who regard the paper...
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HI-TECH in the Ancient City // A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the shmittah Headquarters of the Badatz Eidah Hachareidis
I am sitting in front of a huge screen, watching high-definition drone footage of a group...
The Greatest Break-through in Physics Ever Made —or a Hoax? // Some new scientific papers are met with both plaudits and skepticism
Imagine a world in which electricity was plentifully available and cheaper than water, where we...
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Preparing to Govern // A conversation with Congressman-Elect MIKE LAWLER about winning as a...
Michael Vincent Lawler (born September 9, 1986), a Republican from the 97th district in Rockland County, was elected to the New York State Assembly...
Are You Ruining Your Child’s Future Relationships? // The actions we take now as...
Can it be that we parents may unknowingly be impeding our children’s abilities to form strong relationships later in life? This thought came to...
Lighting the Path // Stories of Hashgachah Pratis in the world of kiruv
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After the tefillos on Rosh Hashanah last year, Rabbi Mendy and Menucha Blank walked four miles down to the pier at Shorebird Park in...
No-Mayo Creamy Caesar Salad
There are many claims as to who invented Caesar salad. Caesar Cardini was born near Lago Maggiore, Italy, in 1896. He and his brother...
With Gratitude & Prayers // Celebrating the Freedom of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin
There are countless people who are far more proficient in the teachings of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe, zt”l, than I can ever wish to...
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Loud Loutishness // Decibels aren’t arguments
Anyone with the unfortunate habit of listening to talk shows may have noticed the inverse relationship between loudness and logic. Or as Leonardo da...
Broccoli and Chicken Lo Mein
Yup...as I predicted, a winner! I was exhausted one night after working long hours and doing everything else we moms generally do. The juggle...
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Understanding the American Airlines Black Hawk Helicopter Collision
A conversation with aviation safety expert Dr. Daniel Bubb
Last Wednesday night, a regional commercial plane and a military Black Hawk helicopter collided over the Potomac River near Washington, DC, sending both aircraft into the...
Communicating the Inexpressible // Remembering the incomparable chazzan Benzion Miller z“l
If I should ever die, G-d forbid,” wrote one famous writer, “let this be my epitaph: ‘The only proof he needed for the existence of G-d was music.’” I’m not so sure that this...
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Despite my general ambivalence about the merit of death penalties, there is one context in which I find it not only defensible but advisable. Even compelling.
The arguments in favor of the death penalty for...
Ponzi Schemers & Other Scammers // A conversation with noted criminal defense attorney Ben...
Their names have become legendary. Charles Ponzi. Bernie Madoff. Samuel Bankman-Fried. Enron. Their Ponzi schemes and fraud that have tricked people into worthless investments have made them forever infamous.
Investment scams and Ponzi schemes are,...
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People often invest in real estate syndications based on the following false assumptions, which can...
Ugly Facts on the Gaza Ground // Arab attitudes leave little room for hope
It wasn’t unexpected that Gaza’s populace would rejoice at the onset of a ceasefire. Even a mere pause in the bombings that have laid waste to the territory would understandably be greeted there.
Deeply saddening,...
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Fighting for our Civil Rights // A conversation with attorney Avi Schick about the...
Last week, Attorney Avi Schick of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath filed a complaint with the Office of Civil Rights at the US Department of Education against the New York State Education Department and...