Concert Canceled // Courts fight again against the frum world

Y ou don’t have to be chareidi or even frum in order to understand that something very unjust has been taking place in the Israeli justice system. This is something that can have broad...

Filling Stadiums with Torah // Rav Shlomo Rozenstein on the recent Dirshu delegation to...

While it seems like yesterday, it was in fact more than 20 years ago. I’d bumped into an old classmate of mine in Toronto, Mordy Bobrowski, who excitedly told me about a new program he...

Some secrets won’t stay buried any longer // Maybe you never heard of Robert...

Apparently, some members of the media have mistaken me for the closed-case file archivist of the intelligence community. I certainly had unusual security access to intelligence archives during the Carter and Reagan administrations as...

The Photograph // For 50 years they each wondered what happened to the other

In 1945, my father, Reb Eliezer Duvid Lebowitz, was five years old and living in a Displaced Persons camp in Leipheim, Germany. The hut in which he and his family resided was one of...

Crushed by a Car —But on the Mend! // Sury Zissy Rosenberg and...

On the night of Thursday, July 25, just hours after Shmuel Rabinowitz, a 16-year-old camper was found in the woods of Vermont, we heard the shocking news: A yungerman on the way to New...

The Phenomenal Artistry & Appeal of Ishay Ribo // A visit with the renowned...

It doesn’t take long to get hooked on the music of Ishay Ribo, and you don’t have to be Orthodox—or even Jewish, for that matter—to become addicted. His video Lashuv Habaytah has gotten over...

Lyrics of Comfort // After 16-year-old Srulik Schwartz was killed in a...

I try to go to Boro Park only for celebrations. But tonight is an exception; I’m on the way to Boro Park because of a tragedy. I am heading to the home of Mr....

Bringing Comfort // In response to numerous personal tragedies, Orit Mark works to...

“In the beginning, when the tragedy first happened, people would look at me with pity and try to avoid making eye contact. But now? People come over to tell me that I inspire them...

Boris’ First Hump on the Bumpy Road… The new PM hits a problem

n his first week in office, Boris Johnson had everything go his own way. From totally reshaping the Cabinet to easily overcoming Jeremy Corbyn in the Commons, it’s been smooth sailing. But the boat hit...

In Memoriam: Rav Sholom Mendel Simpson // Nesnael Gantz speaks to Rabbi Avraham Simpson,...

Q: What was it like growing up in a home with a father who was completely dedicated to the Rebbe and to the klal? A: We grew up—I don’t want to say different from anyone...