A Historical Detective & the lost landowners of Israel & A list...

There are thousands of pieces of property in Israel whose owners have disappeared into the mists of 20th-century history. Attorney Mordechai Tzivin is one of the few people still searching for them, hoping to...

Ariel Sassoon // The Leahy Sassoon Team

ogether with his partner Devin Hugh Leahy, Ariel Sassoon has closed over $400 million in residential deals over the past several years, and in one recent week, Ariel sold $10 million dollars worth of...

The Gift That Keeps on Giving // Rep. Greene’s foot-in-mouth disease

She’s the gift to Democrats that keeps on giving: Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. During a recent discussion about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s insistence that, until more House members get vaccinated against COVID-19, masks...

Rav Dovid Hofstedter // A candid conversation with the founder of Dirshu and Acheinu

On Isru Chag, May 19, Rav Dovid Hofstedter called me from the United States Capitol and asked me to participate via telephone in a meeting he was having with Donald John Bacon, the representative...

Getting out of your own way // Understanding the Phenomenon of Self-Sabotage

When I met Aharon Belsky,* single and age 29, I took in at a glance his jeans and black T-shirt, his dot-sized yarmulke barely clinging to his mane of hair, and I promptly set...

The Mystery of My Unhappy Baby // Why was feeding my baby...

A friend of mine suggested that I share our medical saga with Ami readers, in the hope that it will help another mommy out there with a very unhappy baby! Our son was born a...

A Wave of Anti-Semitic Attacks // Jews around the world have been experiencing...

The photos and videos are horrifying. A man beaten on the street in Times Square. Another man, in Germany, kicked and laughed at. Diners in Los Angeles being attacked. A man chased by cars...

Never Say Never // It was an unlikely match

Not long ago, a young man walked into my house on a Sunday afternoon. He was coming to talk to me because I am a shadchan. I could see that Shimmy Mermelstein was a...

Why Did Violence Erupt in “Mixed” Cities? // the root causes of the...

“The sirens went off and people should have been running to the bomb shelters, but the Jews of Lod were too afraid and stayed home. They were afraid that if they would go outside,...

Have the Democrats Turned Against Israel? // While Biden held on, Congress wavered

Two Fridays ago, as Jews in Tel Aviv and Ashkelon listened to the booms of Hamas rockets and Iron Dome interceptors over their heads, Democratic members of the US Congress fired rhetorical missiles at...