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    Despite Much to Kvetch About, They’re Happy

    My husband and I celebrated our first anniversary earlier this year. This occasion marked the end of our shana rishona, the yearlong “honeymoon” period that our rabbis warn us is anything but. It’s a time of solidifying the relationship, learning to compromise, and adjusting to a spouse’s idiosyncrasies. For Orthodox couples, this first […]

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Michigan’s New Israel Investment

At 1:45 a.m. on a recent weeknight, a group of 27 Jewish students gathered in the main auditorium at University ...

A Philanthropist Crunches The Numbers

Some philanthropists focus on Jewish continuity. Others devote themselves to promoting Jewish educational opportunities. Mandell (Bill) Berman, a Jewish philanthropist ...

‘Green’ Groups Pulling In Green

This has been a good year for Jewish Farm School, an environmental education organization that aims to reconnect Jews with ...

Money Matters

Honey, I Shrunk The Account

As soon as my husband and I announced our engagement, we immediately became the beneficiaries of a truckload of advice on all things wedding-related. Everyone, it seemed, had an opinion on where I should look for a wedding gown, who was the most-talked-about florist, and how I should have my hair styled.

Despite […]

Entrepreneurs

Whatever You Do, Don’t Call It Ice Cream

Yona Levy never much liked ice cream. But freshly made, creamy gelato … well, that’s another story.
The difference?
“Typically gelato has much less butterfat and much less air, and is served at warmer temperatures,” says Lynda Utterback, executive director of the National Ice Cream Retailers Association, based in Illinois. “Gelato is traditionally made fresh daily and […]

higher education

Touro College Founder Passes At 94

Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, the visionary founder and president of Touro College, which he grew from 35 students to a global network of 29 schools educating 17,500 students in New York, California, Nevada, Florida, Israel, Russia, Germany and France, died Monday of congestive heart failure at a New York hospital. He was 94.Mr. Lander, known […]