Attack In Barcelona
In a western neighborhood of Barcelona, on the quiet Carrer de l’Avenir, a line of safety poles is situated along the narrow sidewalk, preventing...
Bannon Bounces
Following a seven-month stint as senior counselor to President Trump, Stephen K. Bannon is out of the White House and back with Breitbart News,...
With Faith And Courage // Leizer Galperin Celebrates The “Bar Mitzvah...
The last time Marc Haskell put on tefillin was at his bar mitzvah. That was over 40 years ago, in another lifetime.
Last Monday evening,...
The Battle Of The Birds
“We need you to bring something into Eretz Yisrael for us.”
Aryeh was a student in Jerusalem who had gone to visit relatives in Antwerp,...
An Eclipse that Changed the World // War and a...
It’s sort of what would happen in an evacuation before a hurricane,” Howard Duvall, a councilman in Columbia, South Carolina, told a reporter from...
A Menahel, a Rebbe and a Jew to Emulate // Rav...
The Torah world was shocked and saddened by the passing of Rav Aaron Mordechai Brafman, the menahel of Yeshiva of Far Rockaway/Derech Ayson, last...
Let The War Games Begin // The US Isn’t The Only...
The “war room” in the basement of the Pentagon is a misnomer. It is actually a series of electronically isolated rooms that can communicate...
Family Ties, Family Lies // Whatever Became Of The Poor Little...
I was doing research online for a writing assignment, dissecting the pros and cons of various diaper brands, when I noticed a blog entitled...
Going Live With Rabbi Yoel Gold
An English novelist once said that artists use lies to tell the truth. My fascinating guest, Ami columnist Rabbi Yoel Gold, uses truth to...
A Mystery in Berditchev // Was The Ohel In Berditchev Built...
It is estimated that over 100,000 Jews a year visit the gravesite of the revered Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, known by the name...
