2023 isn’t 1933 // Some things shine amid the darkness

For the benefit of young’uns reading this, a “telegram” was a primitive sort of email, accessible only at the post office and for which one paid by the word. That’s the background you need for...

The View from the UK // A conversation with Security Minister Tom Tugendhat

Jews in the United Kingdom have felt the aftereffects of the October 7 Hamas atrocities more than most other Jewish communities outside of Israel. For the past two months, huge pro-Palestinian demonstrations have rocked...

Closer Look-Threats on Campus // How seriously is anti-Semitic behavior on college campuses threatening...

“Free Palestine” The young women were sitting in front of the University of Pennsylvania Hillel building as I passed them by. I wasn’t sure if they were addressing me or the Jewish mothers who were...

Menachem Cinner // DuraFrost, SpreadX, Mold Specialists

I met many successful entrepreneurs at the OJBA trade show for the construction and real estate industry. One of the people and businesses that most intrigued me was Menachem Cinner and his company DuraFrost. The...

Dastardly Digital Deception // Deepfakes come to Gaza

The heart-rending photo shows a Gazan man holding a child, with four other children clinging to his back, their arms around his neck. The man’s shoulder, though, seems grotesquely disjointed. And the children seem to...

The Source of Sweetness // Rav Isomor Garbuz, Rosh Yeshivah of Orchos Torah and...

Bnei Brak is a city filled with yeshivos, kollelim, talmidei chachamim, yeshivah bachurim, and batei midrash whose walls reverberate with the sounds of Torah. It is always inspiring to walk along Rechov Rabbi Abba...

Digging Beneath the Surface // An exclusive tour underneath the Kosel Plaza and the...

If you’ve visited the Kosel in the past few years, you may have noticed an excavation project at the far end of the plaza. It has always piqued my interest. On my recent visit...

Alex Shulman // Shulman & Hill

Here are two interesting statistics about lawyers: Less than one percent of lawyers go on to open their own firms, and of those who do, less than one percent go on to have more...

A Tale of Two Surgeries // One denied; one, unfortunately, successful

A disfigured woman whose case has become well known is among the Palestinians released” was the headline of a New York Times story about criminals in Israeli jails being traded for hostages held by...

How Strange His Path // Javier Milei, the new Argentine president-elect, considers himself a...

Javier Milei was wearing a yarmulke and reciting Chapter 20 of Tehillim, surrounded by his rabbi, his sister and one other person when the call came: His opponent was on the line to concede...