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Watch: Sneak Peak of Ami’s MEGA Sukkos Issue

THIS WEEK'S AMI- DOUBE AMI SUKKOS ISSUE: A mega package of over 900 pages, which we're sure will make a great addition to your Yom Tov.

Inspiration From Rav Shteinman

Each week thousands of people stream to the small home of Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman on Rechov Chazon Ish in Bnei Brak, seeking advice, blessings, and answers to questions large and small. These questions...

A Tale Of Two People // A Frum Israeli Lawyer and His Muslim Client

months now, George W. Bush has been talking about the “axis of evil,” and WMDs (weapons of mass destruction) have become a household term. Saddam Hussein is the enemy, and the international community must...

A Place Where the Birds No Longer Sing // A Visit to The Ruins...

The sky is clear and blue, the forest is a vibrant green, and the sun is shining through the leaves of the maple and pine trees. We are in Ukraine, at the edge of...

Our Tree Is Still Standing

Back to the Roots Max (Mordechai Zalman) Berlinsky, my great-great-grandfather, couldn’t have been much older than 14 when he left his hometown of Suvalk, Poland (which might have technically been in Poland but was under...

Growing Pains // The Jewish Community Continues To Spread Out, But It Faces Challenges

I was starting to sound monotonous. As we drove through the streets of Lakewood, I couldn’t help but repeat myself, over and over: “Oh, wow. This wasn’t here.” I lived in Lakewood for a year...

Giyus Bnei Hayeshivos // A Conversation With Rav Dovid Soloveitchik, shlita

The issue of drafting yeshivah students is, unfortunately, back in the news. In fact, it never left. Ever since Israel’s founding prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, agreed to exempt the bnei hayeshivos from military service...

The Silver Linings That Really Aren’t

It’s an extreme example, albeit a cautionary one: In 1998, the water supply of Camelford (a town located in North Cornwall, England) became dangerously contaminated when 20 tons of aluminum sulphate were accidentally released...

The Sukkah Doctor Is In…

My friend’s husband has two left hands, so of course she’s the one who pointed out to me the unfairness of our sukkah situation. “Your husband can build houses,” she said. “And you’re the one...

A Visit To The Home of Rav Yitzchok & Rebbetzin Rivka Ezrachi //...

It is Tuesday, Rosh Chodesh Elul, when my wife and I pay a visit to the Jerusalem home of Rav Yitzchok and Rebbetzin Rivka Ezrachi, daughter of the renowned Mirrer rosh yeshivah Rav Chaim...