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...
The Trump and Zelensky Fallout
Joint press conferences in the Oval Office are usually calm, overly diplomatic events where the president of the United States and a foreign leader...
Agricultural Jihad // How terrorism is targeting Jewish farmers across...
Beyond the ongoing terror attacks carried out by Palestinians and Israel’s Arab population, a growing form of agricultural terrorism threatens Jewish farmers. From assaults...
Yoel Tabak // Artistic Paint
Painting. Not the one framed on your wall. Painting your walls. That’s Yoel’s business.
What I enjoyed most when speaking to Yoel Tabak was the...
A Delicate Dance // International relations is a sticky wicket
You might have a hard time remembering the last time the US and Israel joined Russia, North Korea, Sudan and Nicaragua in a UN...
Reestablishing Trust
The atmosphere of heightened anti-Semitism that the global Jewish community has been plunged into after October 7 has meant that Jews have been threatened...
Are Jewish Libraries an Endangered Species?
Rare Jewish materials have recently been at the center of controversy, with sales or attempted sales by US libraries sparking concern. We spoke with...
David Magerman // Differential Ventures
When speaking to venture capitalist David Magerman, I was able to tell that he had a purpose for making money—to help make an impact...
Hamas Comes to Boro Park // Could the utterly ignorant be...
What perfect timing.
When better to gather en masse to show support for Hamas than mere hours after the terrorist group announced the deaths of...
A Conversation About Major Depression with Senator John Fetterman
“If I Had Taken Myself Out Two Years Ago, I Shudder to Think What My Children’s Lives Might Look Like”
John Karl Fetterman (born August...
