Tuesday Tip: Make Long Flights Easier and More Comfortable
By Yehudit GarmaiseTraveling can be one of life's greatest pleasures, but long, cramped, and crowded airplane flights can leave us.... read more
Captured moment: Rabbi Braun’s Shul
YS Gold This week’s captured moment takes us to a shul which was located in a home on 11th Avenue. It was led by a distinguished.... read more
Around the House: Create Order Out of Chaos in Your Junk Drawer
By Yehudit GarmaiseWhile junk drawers can temporarily store various small things, those items can easily transform into a jumbled.... read more
Memory Lane: Rav Chaim Pinchos Lubinsky
Boro Park of yore was home to one of the largest waves of she’eiris hapleitoh in the world; men and women who’d seen the worst atrocities in.... read more
Today in History: The U.S. Agrees to Purchase 45,000 Square Miles of Land from Mexico
by M.C. Millman The Gadsden Purchase was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, which took place on December 30, 1853, and.... read more
Today in History: Over 10,000 Bombs Dropped on London During Worst Night of the Blitz
by M.C. Millman On the evening of December 29, 1940, London suffered the worst night of the eight-month Blitz as over 10,000 bombs.... read more
Living Legacy: Rav Elozor Rubin, zt”l, the Sassover Rebbe
Yehuda Alter This week’s ‘living legacy’ profiles a great tzaddik who resided on the Lower East Side of New York and was.... read more
Facts That Figure: Lighting
By: C.G. HoffmanChanukah, which is now behind us, is all about light, whether it’s the light of the Chanukah flames or.... read more
Tuesday Tip: Provide the Best Customer Service in Town
By Yehudit Garmaise“It’s not faiiiiiir,” wail many customers who have purchased goods or services that do not meet their.... read more
Captured Moment: Boro Park Torah Center
YS Gold This week’s captured moment takes us to Fort Hamilton Parkway, where a large shul by the name of Boro Park Torah Center.... read more
Around the House: Wake Up to a Spotless Kitchen Every Day
By Yehudit GarmaiseI usually love waking up with the sunrise to start working, but when I go to make coffee, I must be welcomed by a.... read more
Memory Lane: Congregation Kesser Israel, A Sanctuary in Mapleton Park
Melting Pot in MapletonThe neighborhood of Mapleton Park was developed around the year 1910. It used to encapsulate greater.... read more
Today in History: The Shoe Bomber Attempts to Blow Up an Airplane With His Shoes
By M.C. MillmanRichard Reid, infamously known as the Shoe Bomber after taking American Airlines Flight 63 to Miami from Paris; en.... read more
Today in History: The Largest Airplane in the World Takes Flight for the First Time
by M.C. MillmanOn December 21, 1988, Antonov An-255 Mriya, the largest airplane in the world, flew for the first time.The behemoth.... read more
Living Legacy: Rav Shloime Zilberstein of Grosswardein
Yehuda Alter The ninth of Teves marks the yohrtzeit of Rav Shlomo Silverstein of Grosswardein, author of Ohel Shlomo, and a great.... read more
Facts That Figure: Eyeglasses
By: C.G. HoffmanThe Jewish people are known as the people of the book, but they can just as well be called the people with glasses..... read more
Tuesday Tip: Protect Your Computer from Malicious Viruses
by Yehudit GarmaiseBe careful what you click on.Not only can viruses slow down, crash, and destroy your devices, but criminals.... read more
Captured Moment: An Iconic Landmark in Boro Park’s Center
YS Gold This week’s captured moment takes us to an edifice in the center of Boro Park which has served the community for.... read more