The Palestinian Authority: Time for “Regime Change”? // Sometimes there is...
At a summer conference of the nation’s largest organization of Christian friends of Israel, a senior Trump administration official broached a topic that has...
The Last Jew in Afghanistan // My visit with Zabloun...
It all began on a red-eye flight from Kiev, Ukraine, to Bangkok, Thailand. I was flying to Thailand for the first time, with a...
We Used to Live in Paradise // A visit to the struggling...
Location: Altamira neighborhood
of Caracas, Venezuela
Time: 8:47 p.m.
Mission Leader: David, experienced
longtime local resident
Equipment: A car with lockable doors and reinforced glass, and a thick wad of...
The Lone Savior of Lviv // With mesiras nefesh and loneliness,...
When Meylakh Sheykhet strides down the corridors of power in the musty halls of the corrupt and inefficient Ukrainian bureaucracy, whispers usually trail after...
The Key to True Happiness // A visit with the esteemed...
It is widely accepted that Rav Meir Chodosh, zt”l, was one of the luminaries of the mussar movement, as well as one of the...
An Astounding Relationship // Rav Rafael Reichman reflects on his unparalleled...
“The Brisker Rav was niftar right before Yom Kippur,” Rav Rafael Reichman says reflectively, looking upward. Rav Reichman is a rather tall man, and...
From Lakewood to Slabodka // An inspirational and enlightening visit with...
On a recent visit to Eretz Yisrael I had the great privilege to pay a visit to Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, the esteemed rosh...
The Road To Truth // How one man escaped Scientology and...
“Your mother is here.”
“What?”
“Your mother is here, outside.”
“It can’t be. My mother is in Milwaukee.”
“She’s waiting for you outside. Go speak with her.”
I was...
From Lithuania to Bnei Brak: Coming Full Circle at...
This week, on a visit from Los Angeles, Chuck Abel was greeted at Yeshivas Ponevezh by its nasi, Rav Eliezer Kahaneman. Although this was...
LunchBreak with Meilich Sandel from SMA Embroidery
Around this time of the year, it is customary in many shuls to switch the paroches to a white one for the Yomim Nora’im....
