How do you say ‘the dog died’ in Yiddish?” asked the African American panhandler to whom I had given a quarter when he accosted me in lower Manhattan. It was many years ago, shortly...

It is almost 1:00 a.m. on this unusually chilly August night—or rather morning—in Yerushalayim. I am standing outside the Rachmastrivka mosdos on Rechov Givat Moshe. The limestone building with its three big arches over the...

On a balmy day in May, Rabbi Aron Litwin of Manchester, England, stood face to face with a top-hatted, tail-coated Prince William, the prince of Wales, in the palatial garden grounds of Buckingham Palace....

I first met real estate investor Joseph Popack in his Crown Heights office around a year ago. We spoke for almost four hours, but even after such a long meeting, I felt we had...

Here we are, well into hurricane season, when weather buffs (and sukkah owners) carefully follow news reports about impending nor’easters with bated breath. And are informed of the various “models” claiming to predict the...

On a balmy day in May, Rabbi Aron Litwin of Manchester, England, stood face to face with a top-hatted, tail-coated Prince William, the prince of Wales, in the palatial garden grounds of Buckingham Palace....

The race to be the definitive repository of the world’s wisdom has consumed a slice of humanity since the advent of knowledge itself. From the Assyrian collection of clay tablets and Hadrian’s Library in...

I recently came across a clip from Rabbi David Ashear, who wrote many books on Emunah and bitachon, in which he tells the story of a young college student named David Rosmarin. David was...

Bless its journalistically responsible little heart (emphasis on “little”), The New York Times published a correction last week about an article that appeared several days earlier. The correction reads: “An article on Sunday about the...

Their daughter Brachah had gotten married that evening. It was a lovely celebration. Her husband, Gavriel—the quintessential master of ceremonies—had been in his element, conducting the festivities with flair and good humor. They had...