You might not know of the concept of weighted blankets, but millions of people use them every night to fall asleep—myself included. Weighted blankets are said to help one fall asleep more quickly and...

Let me tell you about the time I buried a Reform rabbi. Literally. Back in the 1980s, my wife and I and our children lived in Providence, Rhode Island, where I served as a mesivta rebbi...

Few people will ever forget the Internet Asifah, the huge rally that was held at Citi Field and the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens on May 20, 2012, for the purpose of raising awareness...

“I, who volunteered to inform the US government about a potential security breach and about compromising information about a man vying to be the next president, am now being hunted by the very same...

A small thing you might not know about me is that I am an addict—a sefarim addict. Besides several bookcases stacked in double layers, I have boxes of sefarim in various places throughout my...

In an irony as rich as premium full-fat ice cream, Ben & Jerry’s, the frozen confection company that objected last year to its product being sold in indigenously Jewish land, found itself melting under...

In this column, we give you the opportunity to listen in on a discussion between Rabbi Shais Taub and a reader with a dilemma, moderated by Rechy Frankfurter. If you would like to have a...

My earliest memory is vividly imprinted in my mind. I see a younger version of myself curled up on the floor of the hallway outside my parents’ room, crying bitterly. The hour was quite...

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt was the chief rabbi of Moscow from 1993 until 2022, and he served as rabbi of the Moscow Choral Synagogue from 1989. Since 2011, Rabbi Goldschmidt has also been serving as...

“Due to the ongoing official investigations into the disappearance of a foreign journalist, there is no official statement yet.” —Comments by Bassem al-Awadi, an Iraqi government spokesman, about the kidnapping in Iraq of Elizabeth Tsurkov,...