From American Nazism to Humanity
For 25 years, Jeff Schoep was the commander of the largest neo-Nazi group in the United States. Today, he is involved in the Simon...
Is New York City’s Finance Industry Falling Apart?
When you say the words “New York City,” one of the images likely to spring to mind is something relating to Wall Street—that is,...
Threatening (The) Times // 300 writers pack a clown car
Brace yourself.
You won’t be able to read opinion essays by Rima Hassan or Elia Suleiman, or even Viet Than Nguyen, Vijay Prashad, Mariame Kaba,...
Seeing Light in the Darkness
On Yom Kippur, October 2, 2025, tragedy struck the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation of Manchester in the UK, a close-knit community led by Rabbi...
Is Jewish America in Danger? The Mamdani Effect
“Zohran Mamdani says he wants to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe, but he refuses to acknowledge that ‘globalize the intifada’ is not a call...
Jason Teshuba // Mango Languages
我会说一点儿汉语。 (pronounced, Wǒ huì shuō yīdiǎn er hànyǔ). It means, “I can speak a little Chinese.” It’s something Jason (Eitan) Teshuba might say, as...
Pro-Choice Politics
Pending some major unforeseen happening, come January, New York will most likely have a mayor named Mamdani.
Many New Yorkers, whether because of Zohran Mamdani’s...
Hope Inside a Tunnel
The release of the remaining living hostages held in Gaza filled the Jewish world with happiness and a sense of relief after such long...
Ceasefire or Mirage?
“Fifty-nine countries are part of this. We’ve never seen anything like this. Now it’s all happening.”
—President Trump, speaking to CNN last week about the...
Tuli Guttman // Guttman’s Production & Event Planning
I must admit that speaking to Tuli Guttman was one of the most memorable Lunchbreak conversations I have had in a while, for two...
Hamas Redux // Amid the euphoria…concerns
It took mere minutes—quite literally—after the Gaza ceasefire agreement was signed, on October 10, for armed Hamas members to reassert control in Gaza City.
Amid...
Nazi’s, Swiss Banks, & the Jewish Money That Vanished
This story reads like a modern-day super-thriller, replete with treasure maps, secret agents, intrigue, acts of deception and counter-deception, and lots of really bad...
A Front Row Seat to History
It was the morning of Shemini Atzeres, October 9, 1982.
For the Jews of the ancient Ghetto of Rome it was an ordinary Yom Tov...
From Under Siege to the Comeback
When I first sat down with Eric Trump in May of 2023 at Trump Tower, the Trump family was, by every measure, under siege.
Former...
From Bricks to Brachos
As is the cherished custom of many in the days leading up to Rosh Hashanah, I made the journey to Kiryas Yoel to visit...
The Chinuch of a Gadol
Rav Chaim Peretz Berman, Rosh Yeshivas Ponevezh, remembers his illustrious father, Rav Shlomke Berman, zt”l
It is an unusually chilly and windy night for Bnei...
Dr. Abish Mendel // RiverBrook Hospitality
After sitting down with Reb (the “Dr.” part you’ll have to read on to find out about) Abish Mendel for several hours, I felt...
“Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur!” // Sometimes a folktale can be something more
Back in the day, when I was a mesivta rebbi, there were times when a piece of chalk I was using to write on...
Nazis, Swiss Banks, & the Jewish Money that Vanished
This story reads like a modern-day super-thriller, replete with treasure maps, secret agents, intrigue, acts of deception and counter-deception, and lots of really bad...
The Yerushalayim of Yesteryear
"Mir zenen shoin zeks doiros in Eretz Yisrael—My family has been living in Eretz Yisrael for six generations,” Rav Menachem Tzvi Berlin begins. “The...
