A Sea at the Table
Reflecting on the extraordinary meeting between the gedolim and President Trump in the Oval Office, and on how it came about
It’s always challenging to...
Ezra Friedlander // The Friedlander Group
The business of lobbying
I was born and raised in Boro Park. I started off in a yeshivah called Bais Yehuda, which doesn’t exist anymore....
Purim in Elul
A public servant publicly reveals her ignorance
It was well-timed and probably planned, but it was shockingly ill-conceived, and that’s an understatement.
“It” was a speech...
Pragmatic Kanna’us
A conversation with noted Bnei Brak askan Reb Motke Blau
Rabbi Mordechai (“Motke”) Blau is one of the more recognizable public figures in Israel’s chareidi...
The Jewish Trail Kenya
The lions and wildebeest were spectacular, but the greatest surprises of my Kenyan journey were the Jewish ones
Nairobi: A City of Humanity
That’s what...
Chaim Rosenblatt // World of Blue
Chaim Rosenblatt: P3 Properties; World of Blue
I was born in 1984 and grew up in Flatbush as the middle child of seven siblings. My...
Defining Evil Down
“Meaning” is a feature, not a bug
“If you call a dog’s tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?”
Abraham Lincoln is said...
From Israel to Saudi Arabia
Michael Ratney spent 34 years in the US Foreign Service, serving in some of the Middle East’s most consequential diplomatic posts. His career included...
The Medical Miracle of the Gaza War
It happened shortly after the fighting began and we entered northern Gaza. I was a battalion doctor with the Givati Reconnaissance Unit. We entered...
A Visit with Baghdad’s Last Jew
"If we leave, who will remain to safeguard the Jewish remnants of Iraq?” Benjamin Elias asks. “Our Jewish community here was once so magnificent....
