Yaakov Bibla // Ohr HaChaim Publishing
A small thing you might not know about me is that I am an addict—a sefarim addict. Besides several bookcases stacked in double layers,...
Just Desserts // Indigenousness is in the Eye of the Beholder
In an irony as rich as premium full-fat ice cream, Ben & Jerry’s, the frozen confection company that objected last year to its product...
Foreign Agent // A conversation with the exiled chief rabbi of...
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt was the chief rabbi of Moscow from 1993 until 2022, and he served as rabbi of the Moscow Choral Synagogue from...
An Israeli Researcher Is Kidnapped in Iraq // How involved is...
“Due to the ongoing official investigations into the disappearance of a foreign journalist, there is no official statement yet.”
—Comments by Bassem al-Awadi, an Iraqi...
Jay Bloom // Bloom Family Office
The headlines read “Billionaire Jay Bloom saved from submarine disaster.” For quite some time after the doomed Titan submersible sank on June 18 while...
Spleen Supersedes Sanity // A Congresswoman Stands Alone
Priceless as it was predictable, terrorist groups reacted to Israel’s recent “Operation Home and Garden” in Jenin by… celebrating their triumph.
That, with the raided...
Biden vs Bibi // As relations between the Biden administration and...
David Melech Friedman (born August 8, 1958) served as the United States ambassador to Israel under President Trump from May 15, 2017, until January...
The Supreme Court’s Latest Bombshells // The justices’ decisions have political...
“This is an important victory for Americans of all faiths, who may now follow their religious consciences in the workplace.”
—Aaron Streett of Baker Botts,...
Mortin Levy // Levy Commodities
Although Mortin (Matisyahu Aharon) Levy, a longtime commodities trader, is now retired, we had to schedule our conversation for early evening because he still...
Anything But Anti-Orthodox // Brandeis’ Crime is Something Else
I take a seat second to no one when it comes to alacrity in detecting and pointing out anti-Orthodox bias. Exposing such bias has...
