Leading Women’s Prayer In the Jewish cemetery in Worms, Germany, lies a curious grave. It’s the final resting place of a Jewish woman named Urania, who died in 1275. On her tombstone she’s identified as...

Tashlich After the tefillos on Rosh Hashanah last year, Rabbi Mendy and Menucha Blank walked four miles down to the pier at Shorebird Park in Emeryville, California. The Tashlich event scheduled for that afternoon was...

Every year before Rosh Hashanah, tens of thousands of Yidden from all over the world converge on Uman, the small Ukrainian city in which Rebbe Nachman of Breslov is buried. It is estimated that...

‘‘There are some people who, after becoming baalei teshuvah, want to correct whatever was wrong in their former lives. But that’s not how I see things. My mission from Hakadosh Baruch Hu is to...

Last election season came along with all kinds of concerns about foreign countries meddling in the Israeli elections. Gadi Eizenkot, who was the chief of staff of the IDF at the time, gave vague...

The most common words heard after the passing of Rav Shlomo Gissinger, zt”l, were, “I feel like I lost a father.” Scores of men and women, from Lakewood and beyond, expressed the sentiment that this...

Now, let me get this straight. The media is claiming that Oleg Smolenkov, the CIA’s top spy inside the Kremlin, had to be extracted and brought back to the USA because of a risk...

Dassy Goldenberg’s sister-in-law was ill, and she wanted to do something as a zechus for her to have a refuah sheleimah. What kind of a personal kabbalah could she take on in her merit?...

The other day I found a milk bag pitcher in my fridge. If you just raised your eyebrows, perhaps you belong to one of these three categories: A) You’re Israeli-born and bred and don’t know why...

Five years ago I said yes to a second chance at life, love and laughter by getting married again and blending our two families. I said yes to letting my guard down and opening...