When I think of Hadar Goldin Z”L, I think about the terrible price we pay when we let ourselves become complacent. On August 1, 2014, at 9:00 A.M., just after the ceasefire during the 2014 conflict began, Hamas launched a surprise attack. They killed Hadar and two other soldiers, Major Ben…
It has been a privilege to spend the last week and a half in Israel, first bringing members of Federation’s allocations committee to meet with a number of Israeli amutot (charitable organizations) to inform our decisions on how we help support and meet the needs of Israeli society in the c…
Tuesday night, November 4, 2025, New York City elected the first millennial and Democratic Socialist Mayor of its time: Zohran Mamdani. He won with over 50% of the vote, beating out Republican Curtis Sliwa and disgraced former governor turned Independent Andrew Cuomo. As a Rockland resident,…
I’ve lived in Rockland County almost my entire life. My Jewish identity really began to form at Temple Beth Sholom in New City, where I started nursery school at the age of two. From youth group president to social action volunteer, from Chabad during my undergraduate studies at SUNY New P…
We often make assumptions in our lives. Each one of us. Most of the time, these assumptions are founded on the evidence we see and experiences we have, so that even when something is not explicit, we can infer an outcome, an explanation, or a solution which often turns out to be correct.
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