The passing of Cantor Daniel Gildar is an immeasurable loss for the Jewish community, but especially for the cantorial world. He was a man of great depth and knowledge, who believed passionately in the...

Anti-Semitism isn’t funny, of course, but there sure are some great jokes about it. One of my favorites concerns the priest giving last rites to an elderly lady who had immigrated in her youth to...

Rav Reuven Feinstein, shlita, reflects on the life of his brother, Rav Dovid Feinstein, zt”l, on the occasion of his shloshim, as well as the legacy of their revered father, Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt”l For...

The concert hall is filled to capacity, the MC announces the next act, and the crowd goes wild as two men with long beards walk onto the stage. They are dressed in basic chasidic clothing—black...

My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky; It’s time to take the window to see Leerie going by; For every night at teatime and before you take your seat, With lantern and...

The passing of Cantor Daniel Gildar is an immeasurable loss for the Jewish community, but especially for the cantorial world. He was a man of great depth and knowledge, who believed passionately in the...

Many congratulations were received by Agudath Israel of America after last week’s US Supreme Court ruling against New York State’s arbitrary COVID-related limitations on houses of worship. (Full disclosure: Although I write here always...

I could really go on and use more adjectives to describe the relationship I had with the great and humble “Reb Dovid,” as Rav Dovid Feinstein, zt”l, was known to those in his orbit....

Named by The Jerusalem Post as being among the 50 most influential Jews in the world, and by The Forward as one of the 50 most influential Jews in America, William Daroff became the...

Before the coronavirus struck Israel, Yoni Dinur was a tour guide who used to take groups from all over the world on expeditions to discover Israel’s treasures. Today, he can no longer make a...