My Friend Mr. Erdogan // A Turkish Jew discusses his long...
Outside the classroom overlooking the Bosporus the wind was howling and the rain was beating down against the window, but inside the room the...
Melodious Teshuvah // Confessions of a tone-deaf penitent
In general, I’m not one to associate the month of Elul and the High Holy Days, as they are often called in America, with...
A Bad Month for the Saudis // Why they really can’t...
August 2018 was not a good month for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) or its energetic young dictator, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman...
Yossi Gestetner’s More than 15 Minutes of Fame // A heart-to-heart...
As a long-time friend and admirer of Yossi Gestetner, I didn’t need a positive story about him on the political news website Politico to...
No Jew Will Be Left Behind // An abandoned child finds...
The email arrived in the Inbox of our Chabad House’s email account on the morning of a typical day in October, a few weeks...
In The Devil’s Throat // A visit to a South American...
In the heart of the South American rainforest, near where the borders of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil converge, you will find Iguazu Falls, the...
Why Booker Dumped Israel // Senator Embraces His Party’s Radical Wing
US Senator Cory Booker sparked controversy last weekend when he was photographed holding an anti-Israel sign at a political gathering in New Orleans. But...
Why China Is Angry // They have a longer memory than...
Westerners invariably describe the Chinese people as polite. But underneath that veneer of courtesy lies angry rage.
From time to time, the rage spills out...
Ready for Anything in Uman // A delegation from Israel heads...
Are you going to Uman for Rosh Hashanah? For a number of years, that’s been a common question this time of year.
But with tens...
A Portrait of Piety & Heroısm // How the Skulener Rebbe,...
One of the great chasidic Rebbes who immigrated to the United States from the Socialist Republic of Romania was Rav Eliezer Zusia Portugal, zt”l,...
