The Church Lifts Its Veil of Secrecy
Newly Released Documents Reveal Vatican’s Role in the Abduction of Jewish Children during
the Holocaust
In the summer of 1953, two French-speaking Jewish orphans who had...
Acrid Acronym// When Blasphemy is in the eye of the beholder
The alphabet soup of Jewish organizations (AJC, ADL, COJO, JWA, RZA, JNF, ZOA, WIZO, JFNA, JCC, OU, AIA…hey, this column’s got a maximum word...
Understanding These Volatile Times
A conversation with the outspoken conservative pundit and thinker Josh Hammer.
Josh Hammer is opinion editor of Newsweek, a research fellow with the Edmund Burke...
The Torah Scholar from Tianjin // A Chinese ger’s journey between...
If you were to scan the men in the kollel of the chareidi community of Rechasim in Northern Israel, Aharon Waldman would look like...
The Ultimate Transplant // Modern marriage is a merger, not a...
When I’m asked for advice about forging successful marriages—which happens much too infrequently, harumpff—I point to the first parshah in the Torah, this week’s...
Through the Lens of a Filmmaker
Uri Rosenwaks, who produced the highly acclaimed documentary series Kingdoms, which presents an intimate look at the chasidic world through the eyes of its...
Infringing on Religious Freedom // Attorney Avi Schick
Attorney Avi Schick discusses the case he brought on behalf of Agudath Israel of America and several shuls and rabbanim, challenging Governor Cuomo’s recent...
Phosphine and Fantasy // A shmek of garlic in Venusian clouds
Ahoy! There’s phosphine in yonder clouds of Venus!
Not excited? Well, some scientists are joyously farbrenging, because the garlic-odorous, explosive gas seems to have been...
Shalom Dubai // The citizens of the UAE are ...
The large and usually bustling terminal at Dubai International Airport was far quieter than I remembered from my visit in January of 2020, only...






















