Tag: street

One very cold, very dark evening in the middle of a particularly brutal Canadian winter, four cars were parked outside a home on a deserted side street of our Thornhill neighborhood.

I like to put these pastries in a basket for Purim as they make ideal Mishloach Manot.

Miami Rescue Mission and the Broward Outreach Centers in Hollywood and Pompano Beach recently sponsored an unusual event.

I recently became a bubbe again with the birth of a granddaughter, Kayla Elisheva.

For numerous reasons the most active time for Jewish events in Poland is the summer.

A fact-filled guide to the highways and byways of Jerusalem (and there are lots of byways here), Jerusalem:

People have been bitterly complaining about the rising price of gas.

Lynn Russell's current exhibition at the Chassidic Art Institute challenges us with a piety that resists all easy answers.

It's the dog days of August, and between the sizzling heat, the numbing humidity, the rain and the never-ending traffic and airport delays, there is a lot to complain about people's actions.

For the past two years, any time we've met our neighbors on our front lawn, near the street's curb, the discussion has invariably turned to the very pressing issue of... garbage.

Last week, to my deep distress, my cell phone disappeared from my purse. I don't know whether it somehow fell out, or if someone on the very crowded street purposely brushed against me and slipped a hand into my purse.

Celler called FDR's immigration policy "cold and cruel," and accused the State Department of having "a glacier-like attitude" and "a heartbeat muffled in protocol."

Author: Ronald L. Eisenberg Publisher: Devora Press, Jerusalem

It was one of those cold, rain-soaked evenings - the kind that make you look forward to a hot drink, a good book and a soft couch to curl up on.

At first glance it looks like an ordinary brownstone.

With their own long history of suffering oppression and hate fresh in their minds, many American Jews played important roles in the civil rights movement.

A poor child's feet parade crude sandals, straps affixed to soda bottles with the caps still intact.

This column is being written on my secular birthday, February 14 (my real birthday is 11 Adar), a birthday - not surprisingly - that I share with my twin brother.

From time to time, I am asked where I get ideas for my articles. The answer is simple. Just from getting up in the morning and experiencing life.

The law requires disability access in most public places. For the most part, new stores, restaurants and theaters have complied.

In the light of the ostensibly single-minded war against terrorism, it is becoming increasingly difficult for defenders of Yasir Arafat to explain away his continuing embrace ? if not worse ? of terrorism emanating from within areas under his control. Further, the various Arab states that are nominally allied with the United States such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan are having a devil of a time justifying their continued support of Arafat despite his recalcitrance, and also their urging pressure on Israel to make concessions to the Palestinian as the price of their participation in the anti-terror coalition.

This week the Monitor hands the ball to The Weekly Standard, which in its Sept. 10 issue featured a transcript of a conversation between a caller identified as "David from Minneapolis" and Diana Nyad, the host of "Savvy Traveler," a Minnesota Public Radio show.