The Boy Next Door // We were the only stabilizing influence...
The first time I met Pinny, his shirt had an assortment of old stains on it, and his pants had two round holes at...
Meeting President El-Sisi // Orthodox Jewish activist Ezra Friedlander...
Traditionally, Orthodox Jewish activism, particularly in the United States, has been inward-focused. Community advocates sought to protect the Orthodox community by ensuring that the...
The Secret Saudi-Pakistani Nuke Deal // How Pakistan’s nuclear program was...
Analysts at the CIA nearly had a heart attack in 1987 when our space satellites discovered that the Saudis had secretly built a military...
The Headshot Guru // Laibel Schwartz works as a headshot photographer...
Q: Why did you get into the business of headshots?
A: Headshots have become a way to humanize business. Doing business used to mean walking...
Agudas Yisrael Galvanizes the Smaller Kehillos // A conversation with Rabbi...
Q: I understand that there is a new initiative in Agudas Yisrael to give more power to the smaller kehillos. Could you please explain...
Two weeks that Changed my Life // An encounter at a...
It was a winter Motzaei Shabbos, but the weather was relatively balmy, as it usually is in North Miami Beach. Though I’m a zeide...
Confronting Anti-Semites // Meet the State Department’s new Special Envoy to...
The date was mid-December, 2003. Mere months had passed since Saddam Hussein’s ouster from power. Iraq lay in ruins; its dictator was lying low...
The Secret Plansto Sabotage Iran // Did The New York Times...
There was a bit of an uproar when The New York Times published two articles on the same day concerning American covert involvement with...
On the Spot and Off the Record // President Trump invites...
For four minutes the email sat in my inbox before I saw it. It was an urgent request from a White House official that...
Remembering The Liezher Rav, zt”l // Rav Yehoshua Zev Meisels of...
The London community and the Jewish world at large were deeply saddened by the passing this Shabbos of Rav Yehoshua Zev Meisels, one of...
