On Tuesday, Dec 31st, we drove down to Lawrence’s Beth Shalom synagogue for the Brit-Milah of Avraham-Eitan Jack-Alexander, son of very dear alumni friend Adam K. and Stefanie. It was a wonderful Simcha, huge crowd and lots of wonderful things … Read the rest

Dear Friends,

Like it or not, there’s a lot of buzz about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), especially as we approach the New Year and another series of enrollment deadlines. Without getting involved in those technical or political issues, there’s … Read the rest

December 25th here was quite the quiet. Most roads are empty, never mind the UAlbany parking lots. We had a half-day of school this morning, and then came home to a big packing effort since our oldest 4 daughters: Mushky, … Read the rest

On Monday, December 23rd, Raizy and Mendel drove down to Washington Heights NYC (with an afternoon stop in Monsey) to visit with alumni and do a little study together. It was a small group (not all pictured above) but a … Read the rest

Friday Night was about 25 people including our family. We set up a big square of tables near the Ark and enjoyed a Cozy-Shabbat meal. As is our custom on Cozy-Shabbat we went around the table and asked everyone to … Read the rest

So the semester flew by, and here it was, the finals week Shabbat. It was a final farewell (as students) to those graduating this semester, both undergrad or with a Masters, and a short-term farewell as students leave this week … Read the rest

Fanyta (aka Tziporah) V. transferred to Queens College after her sophomore year, probably around 2005 or 2006 and yet was quite eager for all of us (yes, kids too!) to come down to her wedding in Lakewood NJ. We do … Read the rest

This Chanukah had a lot of hype and energy about it due to the first day coinciding with Thanksgiving. See our 5 meaningful connections between Chanukah and Thanksgiving. This calendar scheduling allowed students to spent the first half of … Read the rest

For the first half of Chanukah it was pretty quiet here without the students. We got back from Brooklyn on Sat Night. On Sunday later afternoon the first students to come to light the Menorah were this brother and sister.… Read the rest

As Chanukah fell on Thanksgiving this year, nearly all students went home for the extended weekend, so the first part of our holiday was mostly family.

It was Esther-Miriam’s first Menorah Lighting, she was delighted to do it every night, … Read the rest