Healing from the Holy Land

As I finish writing up this interview, I’d like to thank Dr. Dan Altura for introducing us, in the pages that follow, to current...

Help! Not another Speech?

I stagger out of the simchah hall on Shabbos afternoon at 4:30, bleary-eyed and haggard. I’ve been at the aufruf since nine in the...

A Heavenly Simchah // On the eve of my marriage, I...

I was getting married on Wednesday evening, and by Monday morning, all the errands on my to-do list had been done. Aside from making...

…And then he opened his eyes // The miraculous healing power...

I’ve been a singer, songwriter and keyboardist for over 20 years. As one of the first chasidic keyboardists in the world, I have had...

The Politics of Peace? // How trump’s plan affects Bibi and...

Having learned its lesson in the last two elections, Kachol Lavan made sure to control the media agenda this time around. In fact, the...

A Heart to Heart With Mohammed Saud

When I visited Saudi Arabia in December of 2018, I was one of the first 1,000 tourists to visit the kingdom in modern history....

Auschwitz // secrets, silence, and profits—what the allies knew and why...

I am perhaps the only Auschwitz historian who has never visited Auschwitz. During the Carter and Reagan administrations, I was a GS 13 Supervisory...

Security for Jews Gets Serious

Security has become the number-one issue on the minds of American Jews due to an increase in anti-Semitic attacks. Recent acts of violence in...

Celebrating in Cambodia // The descendents of a Cambodian king join...

In the heart of Cambodia’s bustling capitol Phnom Penh, a ceremony was about to begin at the prestigious Le Royal hotel. The name of...