Chain of heartache // My sister’s tragic life
When I was growing up, Williamsburg wasn’t the way it is today. These days it’s a bustling neighborhood populated by tens of thousands of...
Killing the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg // Has New...
On June 14, the New York State legislature passed the Housing Stability and Tenant Protections Act of 2019, which made a long list of...
The Missing Son // A visit to the eye doctor uncovers...
Boruch Yida Ganz, a middle-aged Satmar Chasid from Williamsburg
Roughly 120 years after the petirah of my elter-zeide, Dayan Rav Mordechai Rothstein of Holmein, I...
A New Semichah for Mohalim // Rabbanim respond to a growing...
Recently, rabbanim in the New York area have noted a halachic issue: A growing number of young mohalim have been failing to do a...
Knesset Consequences Continue // Gabbay calls it quits; Lieberman is in...
Among the many recent news updates, polling results and dramatic declarations in Israeli politics this past week, it was impossible to miss two significant...
From Neo-Nazism to Israel // The mesmerizing life journey of Yonatan...
The renowned German poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, once said, “Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power...
Hezbollah’s Hardly Broke // The terror group has no money worries,...
Sanctions have not stopped Hezbollah at all. The DEA has strong evidence that the group has only gotten richer from drug sales, but no...
Culling the Curriculum // Exploring the state’s next steps with Attorney...
Q: Please bring us up to speed on the state’s reaction to the decision of the court to nullify the new curriculum requirements.
A: The...
To Say Goodbye // The girl at the elevator reminded me...
I saw the young girl as I entered the elevator, and I was struck by how sad she looked. Even in the hospital, where...
The Turkey Experience // The Legacy of Shabtai Tzvi
Growing up, I had always heard of Shabtai Tzvi as a controversial yet undeniable part of Jewish history. Having once been a Torah scholar,...
