Selection 5: Pizza Break // Racheli Lebovics

The pressure of shidduchim made going home a tempting option It’s really amazing that you can spend close to ten hours with someone and not notice how bushy his eyebrows are. Then you hit date...

Selection 6: Her Heart’s Desire // Hadassa Topperman

Two sisters are facing a life altering challenge. It was only a few minutes’ walk from Chaim and Adina’s ground-floor apartment to the childhood home she had left six years earlier. Ever since Sara had...

Selection 7: Brave New World // Malky Bornfreund

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...

The Ger Tzedek of Ukraine // A conversation with Yaakov (Igor) Siniakov, who serves...

When I learned that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had a Jewish chaplain by the name of Yaakov Siniakov who was a ger tzedek, my immediate reaction was that I had to interview him....

Is There a Mole in the State Department? // Iran envoy Robert Malley faces...

“This latest chapter raises serious questions about how the regime obtained this potentially authentic document and what other sensitive or classified information they may have. The State Department needs to do a top to...

David Sable // Doable

There are advertising agencies and then there’s Young and Rubicam (today VMLY&R), one of the world’s leading global marketing communications companies. VMLY&R’s former global CEO/Chairman, David Sable, is sought after worldwide for his marketing...

Sorry, Media // Distaste isn’t license to Slander

Photographs of racial prejudice—from the Jim Crow era, from South Africa during its apartheid years and from Nazi Germany—began appearing on social media shortly after August 23 with the caption “Sorry, Mohammad.” The reference was...

Remembering the Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin // Rav Aharon Schechter

Thousands of talmidim, alumni, admirers and the entire Torah world were thrown into mourning with the passing of Rav Aharon Moshe Schechter, the rsh yeshivah of Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin and a member of the...

Why Is There a Crime Explosion Among Arab Israelis? // A Massive String...

“We will employ all means, including the Shin Bet and police, to defeat this criminality. We will eliminate organized crime in Israel’s Arab society. All Israeli citizens must live in safety and not under...

The Sacklers and OxyContin

Three poor brothers built themselves into a big pharma empire worth billions. But greed would cost the family their company—and millions of lives. The Sackler brothers—Arthur, Mortimer and Raymond—were the epitome of the American dream...