By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
I never wanted to be executive editor of The Reporter. I resisted taking the position for almost a year. Then it became clear that I was doing the job even without the official title and the Search Committee had no new candidates for the position. I finally went to …
By Diana Sochor
True confession: when I drove up from Downsville, NY, to interview for the position of editorial assistant at The Reporter in late April 1996, my Dad drove me. He was worried (with a lot of justification) that I’d get lost once I got off Route 17 and into the “big city.â…
By Reporter staff
A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available.
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute will hold the virtual program “Studio Israel: Sin…
Bill Simons
July 12, 2021, was a terrible night for a baseball game in Pomona, NY. Despite a two-hour rain delay, flood warnings and a soggy field, the exhibition game between the New York Boulders of the independent Frontier League and the Olympic-bound Team Israel finally proceeded. A ra…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
What does it mean to use the adjective noir to describe literature? In the case of mysteries, it means the works take a dim view of human nature. You’re not going to find wonderful, helpful people here; instead, you’ll find antiheroes and dark deeds. That’s ce…
