5 Towns Jewish Times

The Five Towns Jewish Times is a weekly publication that caters to the Jewish populations in the Five Towns region of southwestern Nassau County, New York, as well as the wider New York area. It focuses on the vibrant and expanding Orthodox Jewish community in the region.

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Four Cups, Many Questions

2 weeks ago | 5tjt.com | Larry Gordon |Dini Franklin

By Larry Gordon“If you’re overly worried about everyone drinking four cups of wine at the Seder or if you think it’s no big deal, that may have more to do with your relationship with drinking than what you do at the Seder,” said Menachem Poznanski, founder and director of The Living Room, the Our Place recovery program for young adults with substance abuse issues. The issue of public consumption of alcohol comes to the fore almost every year in the frum community.
Crying Our Way To Redemption

2 weeks ago | 5tjt.com | Yochanan Gordon |Dini Franklin

By Yochanan GordonEgyptian bondage, whose redemption we are now celebrating, did not begin with an autocratic decree but rather with the sale of Yosef HaTzaddik into Mitzrayim. There is a mysterious quality to Yosef’s personality that the Torah highlights repeatedly, demanding our attention. Despite years of alienation and betrayal by his own brothers, Yosef remained emotionally whole.
Explaining The Vote

3 weeks ago | 5tjt.com | Larry Gordon |Dini Franklin

By Larry GordonIf you live in a densely populated Jewish community, I’m sure you’ve heard of the ongoing effort to persuade you to cast your vote in the 2025 World Zionist Congress election. A couple of weeks ago, I tried to break down the details about the nature of the vote, what’s at stake, and why it’s critical that you take the minute or so it requires to actually vote. Voting in this election will give you the chance to have your voice heard in Israel and Jewish communities worldwide.
The Secret Of Poor Man’s Bread

3 weeks ago | 5tjt.com | Yochanan Gordon |Dini Franklin

By Yochanan GordonThe Haggadah begins with the words: “Ha lachma anya di achalu avhasana b’ar’a d’Mitzrayim”—This is the poor man’s bread that our fathers ate in the land of Egypt. What does lachma anya mean in our lives? Yes, it refers to matzah, the focal point of the Seder. But if the Seder night marks a revolutionary turning point in our national identity, it must also be meant as a transformative experience in each of our individual lives. The question is: how? Lachma means bread.
Yeshivish Zionism

4 weeks ago | 5tjt.com | Larry Gordon |Dini Franklin

Yeshivish ZionismBy Larry GordonTwo things occurred over the last few days that warrant some attention and analysis. The events are mostly disconnected from one another but then again there are also scant overlapping similarities. The first is the film, “October 8th,” produced by Hollywood actress Debra Messing.
A Talk With ChatGPT About Chassidic Music Superstar Lipa Schmeltzer

4 weeks ago | 5tjt.com | Yochanan Gordon |Dini Franklin

By Yochanan GordonThis past week I was introduced to Lipa Schmeltzer’s new album, “Elazar Lipa’le” (available on Amazon) via a Meaningful People podcast he recorded with my brother Nachi. While talking to a friend over Shabbos, I learned that the genre of music that Lipa has embraced in his new album is called “medicine music,” which I’d never heard of before but have since learned is a genre of music that uses themes of self-healing, reconnecting with nature, and spiritual transformation.
The 5 Towns Jewish Times

1 month ago | 5tjt.com | Larry Gordon |Dini Franklin

By Larry GordonSo, you don’t like Donald Trump’s brash and direct approach to putting America back on the course it was intended to be from the start. It’s definitely true that the U.S. does not need to annex or purchase Canada or Greenland. Frankly, it does not seem that Trump is truly or completely serious about these so-called land cessions, if you will. But what about Gaza? On some days that idea seems wilder than Greenland or Canada.
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1 month ago | 5tjt.com | Yochanan Gordon |Dini Franklin

By Yochanan GordonWith Purim in the rear-view mirror, the end of the year is well within our view and the new year beginning with “Hachodesh hazeh lachem Rosh Chodoshim, rishon hu lachem l’chodshei hashanah” is right on the threshold. Chazal explain that the Jewish people were removed from Egypt similar to how a fetus is surgically removed from his mother’s womb. This means that the proper way to prepare for Pesach is to relearn Yiddishkeit from the ground up. Now, that doesn’t sound too difficult.
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1 month ago | 5tjt.com | Larry Gordon |Dini Franklin

By Larry GordonWhether on the campus of Columbia University or their associated school, Barnard College, whether here in New York or any campus around the country or around the world, the rallies and protests in favor of the terrorists of Hamas and against the Jews and Israel are easily explained as a manifestation of the war of Amalek against the Jews.
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1 month ago | 5tjt.com | Yochanan Gordon |Dini Franklin

By Yochanan GordonI generally learn my daily Chitas and Rambam using the daily study app from Chabad.org. It includes Hayom Yom, Chumash with Rashi, Tehillim, Tanya, and both the one- and three-chapter-a-day tracks of Rambam. On Friday morning, I glanced at my phone and saw that Siri was suggesting I click on the daily learning app, something that has been part of my routine for quite some time.