Badges of honor – Ami visits North Korea Part Five
One afternoon I use some free time to closely examine my room. I inspect the walls, behind the closets, inside the lamp and under...
The Ride of Their Lyft // A Brush with A Terrorist
The day after last week’s terror attack in Manhattan, the streets nearby were still a mix of chaos and eerie silence.
Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old...
The Special Neshamah of the Young Chasidic Singer Motty Steinmetz
“I was born into a very good family in Bnei Brak,” the 17-year-old girl tells me on the phone in a rapid, slangy Hebrew...
Disaster and Early American Jews
As Hurricane Irma ravaged the tiny Caribbean island of St. Martin on September 6 of this year, Rabbi Moishe Chanowitz and his family took...
Fighting Hatred in Mahwah // The State Sues
At long last, official action is being taken against the hate some Orthodox Jews have been encountering in the tristate area as Jewish communities...
Badges Of Honor // Ami Visits North Korea – Part Four
To avoid another shrill and unwanted wake-up call, I get up this morning just before six. The phone does not ring. I refuse to...
Jewish Economics // A Visit With Renowned Orthodox Economist Dr. Meir...
The early American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne once shared the observation that religion and economics are strangers as they have nothing in common.
My esteemed host,...
Q&A With Attorney Jeff Ifrah
The arrest on Monday morning of former Trump presidential campaign manager Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates on a series of charges roiled...
Badges Of Honor // Ami Visits North Korea Part Three
And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make ourselves...
A Man Called Aryeh // An Righteous Gentile Mourns His Son
“My son, Youssef Othman, was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist a few weeks ago,” Aryeh Othman tells me in fluent Hebrew during my recent...
