“Sometimes the simplest things are the most profound. My job is to bring out in people & what they wouldn’t dare do themselves“
Beyond the Miracles
A memorable visit with Rav Baruch Abuchatzeira, son of the famed Baba Sali, Rav Yisrael Abuchatzeira, zt”l
The tziyun of the Baba Sali in Netivot...
Humble Nobility
After davening Maariv in the central Machnovka-Belz beis midrash in Bnei Brak, I observe the Rebbe walking among his chasidim, pausing to inquire about...
From Espionage and Prison to Freedom
When Jonathan Jay Pollard, an intelligence analyst for the US Navy in Maryland, pleaded guilty to espionage in 1987, he became the first American...
Courage and Carnage in Gaza // Hamas embarks on a tour...
While a group of Columbia alumni were busy creating a media show by ripping up their diplomas to protest the detention of an anti-Israel...
Oasis in the Desert
A visit with Rav Yisrael Abergel, head of the Torah institute Hameir Laarets and a successful mekarev of thousands.
Netivot, a city in southern Israel...
New Dangers Posed by Outer Space
On June 18, 2018, President Donald Trump addressed the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House, where he announced a...
Trump’s Economic Policies and Market Volatility
A conversation with Phillip Michals, Executive Chairman/CEO of A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners
It seems that there has never been so much movement on the economic front...
Silenced Voices // When trimming fat, one needs a steak knife,...
“An awesome decision” was one reaction to President Trump’s executive order to dismantle the US Agency for Global Media, which oversees American independent news...
Rifles, Rubble and the Riviera
Shloime Zionce heads deep inside the Gaza Strip and returns with a personal
account of life on the front lines in Israel’s war against...
The View From Post-Nasrallah Lebanon
Among other roles and positions, seasoned lobbyist Toni Nissi is head of the Aramean Democratic Organization in Lebanon. The Arameans—whose native tongue is Syriac...
Daniel Jundef // C&A Iron Works
Several people suggested that I speak to Daniel Jundef, who runs C&A Iron Works. The odds are that if you have davened in a...
Nasty Blast from the Past // Measles is baaaack
There are upsides to being a baby boomer. Among them: senior discounts, wisdom born of decades of experience, einiklach, if one has been so...
Trump’s Tariff’s and His Other Economic Policies
President Donald Trump wasted no time after he came into office for his second term in making strong economic moves—and he still has more...
The Life and Legacy of Rav Nota Schiller zt”l
From the Brooklyn streets of Brownsville and East Flatbush in the 1940s, a ten-year-old public school boy immersed in stickball, basketball and with dreams...
Mendy Gorodetsky // Asbestways Service Corp.
Some people simply present themselves as businessmen. Mendy Gorodetsky is one of them. As soon as you begin speaking to him, you understand that...
I Like Mike // A champion is criticized, an isolationist ignored
A Reform movement leader has taken aim at Mike Huckabee, contending that the former Arkansas governor and current nominee to serve as US Ambassador...
The Bourbon Rabbi
A talk with Rabbi Chaim Litvin about the Jewish connections and the halachic issues of a glass of whiskey
Kentucky. The name itself conjures up...
Purim Lunchbreak!
Welcome to a special edition of Purim Lunchbreak. For this week's article, I reached out to previous Lunchbreak interviewees and asked them for their...
What Is Happening in Syria?
“No one will be above the law, and all those whose hands are stained with Syrian blood will face justice—fairly and without delay.”
—A statement...
Sweet Dream // My trip from Williamsburg to Tehran
Iran’s Supreme Leader was acting oddly.
It had been weeks since he last called for the demises of the Great Satan and Little Satan (the...