The World We Live In // A conversation about the state of...
Newton Leroy Gingrich (born June 17, 1943) served as the 50th speaker of the US House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A professor...
Is Anti-Semitism About to Engulf Russia? // The war, the Jews and...
For much of modern Russian history, anti-Semitism has hardly been restrained. From the pogroms under the czars to the anti-Jewish policies of the Soviet...
A Few of My Favorite Things // Money isn’t all it’s...
To dust off an old joke: The nurse, after fluffing Mr. Goldberg’s pillow, asks him if he’s comfortable. He responds, “Eh, I make a...
Serving through Song // An Inspirational Audience with Rav Chaim Shaul Taub...
Rechov Chavakuk in Bnei Brak is a tight, winding road, almost too snug to fit my car. After parking semi-legally near number 20 (in...
The Music of Eli Marcus // With his smooth, silky voice, Eli...
The Marcus family is obviously quite musical. You’re a very popular singer, and your brothers Shmuly and Bentzion formed the 8th Day band, which...
The Care and Feeding of Empathy // It’s so easy to profess...
I used to pass the fellow each morning as I walked up Broadway in lower Manhattan on my way to work. He would stand...
Helping Older Singles Find Their Bashert // A visit with Rav Chaim...
There is no day in the year that is more mesugal for shidduchim than Yom Kippur.
The Mishnah in Taanis (26b) states: “Rabban Shimon ben...
Living with Awe // A visit with Rav Yudel Bauer, one of...
My earliest memory of Rav Yehuda Bauer, or Rav Yudel, as he is more commonly known, is of him arriving at my brother’s bar...
The Shofar Shoes // Jewish eyes see special things
When, a number of years ago, my dear father, z”l, showed me his new “shofar shoes,” I was reminded of how uniquely Jews steeped...
This Yom Kippur, It’s Your Business
Yom Kippur isn’t considered a time of business, but in reality, there are many tefillos we recite that are about our parnasah and well-being....
