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No-Show // I Was Running Out of Excuses For My Husband’s...
“Maybe you’ll change your mind,” I said to my husband hopefully first thing in the morning.
“I am not going,” my husband replied.
“But it’s our...
New Help for the Tuition Crisis? // A proposed bill may...
Imagine if your child was eligible for a scholarship to attend yeshivah. What kind of change would that make in your life?
That prospect may...
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When You Choose an Office Location, Follow Your People
Growth requires people. No matter the type of business, I’m convinced people are the greatest...
Oversized Buttery Cinnamon Rugelach
Yield 10-12
Dough:
2 cups sour cream
2 sticks (1 cup) butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1...
Who Betrayed Donald Trump? // If you can’t trust your oldest friend, whom can you trust?
I have always praised Trump when he does something right, but I have to admit...
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A Shul-ful of Jewish Nominees // Biden’s picks are great… well, mostly
I’m irked by the assumption that members of a particular religious, ethnic or racial group...
Fighting for the Kedushah of the Kosel // A visit with activist Mati Dan, who is spearheading a multi-pronged campaign to uphold the...
“In the western quarters of the enclosure of the Beis Hamikdash,” the historian Titus Flavius...
Crash of the Hindenburg 2.0 // What it’s like for an Orthodox Jew to cover a White Nationalist rally
“Are you sure you want to do this?” the stern-faced officer asks, trying to make...
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Between The President and The Press / A one-on-one with former White House Press...
There’s an old adage: “Big stories can happen in small places.” Ari Fleischer’s story actually happened in a big place, as press secretary for...
The Journey Of My Life // An interview with Rav Dovid Moshe Lieberman, Chief...
It’s 6:30 in the morning. Outside it is still dark, and the sun’s rays are just beginning to peek over the horizon. The Jews...
Flying with the Birds // A bird expert takes flight to save the Air...
When he was a little boy, Yossi Leshem had but one dream: to be able to fly like a bird.
“I used to take walks...
Pecan Twists with Lemon Glaze, aka “Dessert Kabobs”
Food dreams are strange. When I have a food dream, I feel like I just made the food and I know what it tastes...
Belgian Waffle
½ tablespoon light brown sugar
1 tablespoon honey
1¾ teaspoons active dry yeast
⅓ cup lukewarm milk (stick it in the microwave for 30 seconds and let cool;...
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The Second Time // A deep connection and a special...
Our first child, a son, was born right before Chanukah, two months before our first anniversary. It was still shanah rishonah when we took...
Sinister Syndromes // Rebellious Russians and US diplomats, beware!
It has been given the felicitous name “Sudden Russian Death Syndrome” by The Atlantic’s Elaine Godfrey. “It” being the seemingly long and ongoing chain...
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Rifles, Rubble and the Riviera
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account of life on the front lines in Israel’s war against Hamas
I’m lowering myself into an IDF Merkava MK.4M tank and...
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 Aramaic rather than Arabic—are one of the earliest Christian communities...
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 shul in Borough Park at anytime in the past several...
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 blessed…and immunity to measles.
That’s because those of us who were...
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 to go. We’re still waiting to see what their full...
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 of becoming a shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers enters a...
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 he is someone who understands how to run a business....
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 to Israel is unfit for that position.
Jonah Dov Pesner, who...
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 visions of racehorses, Kentucky bluegrass—and a certain type of whiskey....
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 funniest/craziest story that also imparted a lesson. I also received...