Continuing the Legacy

From 1995 to 2021, Rabbi Aaron Kotler served as the CEO of Lakewood’s Beis Medrash Govoha. Since his departure from that position, he has largely stayed out of the public eye. Yet he continues...

Building Beyond the Fortune

Lev Leviev is one of the most prominent yet most private figures in the Jewish world. Renowned as a diamond magnate and major philanthropist supporting a wide range of causes, his personal story and...

Pita and Propaganda

“First comes the hummus: studded with chickpeas, anointed with a little reservoir of olive oil, greedily smeared up with hunks of pitta bread and messy fingers. Then the tabbouleh, then some homemade falafels…” Thus...

The Growing Influence of Rav Shulem Landau

"People don’t fail because they’re not smart. People fail because they never stick with one thing long enough to succeed.” It’s the kind of line you expect from a business podcast or self-help guru, not...

Flying People Safely in Precarious Times

During the latest military operation against Iran, El Al has been operating under extreme constraints that have significantly disrupted normal air travel. As this interview goes to print, outbound flights from Israel have been...

When Old Narratives Resurface

"Joseph Kent, a top counterterrorism official under Trump, just resigned. Kent and I don’t agree on much, but he is right: ‘Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that...

The Myth of the Desperate Terrorist Terrorism Linked to Poverty?

The American Jewish community was shocked by the news that two Jewish customers speaking Hebrew outside a restaurant in northern California last week were attacked and beaten by three men who happened to be...

The Troubling Bias in Conservative Media

Mark Levin is not only a well-known media personality and political commentator, but he has recently become part of the news itself as well. In recent weeks, Levin has taken on commentator Tucker Carlson, whose...

A Singular Relationship

I remember it clearly. It was blow after blow, and klal Yisrael was reeling. Some 40 years later, the Torah world is still limping from the loss of two gedolei Yisrael—spiritual giants who complemented...

Chaim (Charlie) Lefkowitz // FundMe Capital

Two weeks ago I received a phone call from Chaim (Charlie) Lefkowitz, introducing himself as a mortgage broker who specializes in LifeCo commercial loans—funded not by traditional banks, but by life insurance companies. Wanting...