Working to End Corruption and Extortion in Uman // Delegation...

Following a meeting between a delegation of Orthodox Jews and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the president promised to address the ongoing problems being caused...

Check your Tech // Technology in the Classroom: Yay or...

Do you remember when literally the most exciting thing to happen in school ever was when your teacher propped open the door to the...

Eye Surgery Sharpened More Than My Sight // The primary...

The whole world is a synagogue. I realized this in August after an eye surgery that endowed the short morning prayer with sparkling new...

Web of Lies // A parent’s actions saves a child...

Being an 11th grader in a huge out-of-town Bais Yaakov with 100 girls per grade is a social breeze—said no one ever. Having a grade...

Finding the Perfect Passover Program

Steven Spielberg’s film “Jaws,” forever changed how people approach a beach vacation. Nothing like a shark to take the joy out of some long-planned...

The Chareidi Parties Make a Final Push // And Amir Peretz...

With three weeks to go until the Israeli elections, the chareidi parties are shifting into high gear. Yahadut HaTorah, which until now had been focusing...

Is Trump Good for the Jews // A debate between Democrat...

The controversy over the canceled tour of Israel by Congresswomen Rashid Tlaib and Ilhan Omar rebounded into a bitter argument about statements by President...

Gitty Kahn Advocating for vaccine education

I reach Gitty Kahn as she’s heading in to speak to the event planner. It may seem like she’s preparing for a simchah, but...

Mockery of Justice // Arnold and Frimet Roth’s 15-year-old daughter Malki...

On August 9, 2001, a Palestinian terrorist from the West Bank, Izz al-Din Shuheil al-Masri, walked into the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem and detonated...

A Bridge Between Two Worlds // A chareidi woman teaches students...

“Boker tov, talmidim,” she begins each lesson in Hebrew. The students stand up and answer, “Boker tov, hamorah.” Then they sit back down and...