Syrian Strategy // Who blew Israel’s cover in Iraq?
By now, everyone knows that Israel has been using the F-35—the American-made stealth fighter—to blow up Iranian missile bases inside Iraq. Unfortunately, American pilots...
Hi-Tech Chareidim // Seeking investors in the UK for Israeli companies
Last week I joined a group of chasidishe and Litvishe yungeleit as they made their way to London to raise money. But this wasn’t...
Just Allergies? No one understood what we were going through
‘‘There’s nothing wrong with your child.”
That must have been the umpteenth time I’d heard that about my baby, who had writhed in my arms...
Hong Kong Protests Stoked by China? // Predictions of Peace or War
The allegedly wise people who dwell high above Earth in the airy clouds of Langley or under the Foggy Bottom of Washington, DC, have...
Making Peace // Porush and Deri after 30 years
In the spirit of the month of Elul, this week one of the most protracted political quarrels among the chareidim came to an end....
An Exclusive Sign
For 29 years, Daniel Michael worked in sales, until his company abruptly closed two years ago. Since then, he has scrambled between consulting and...
From Frazzled to Neat Freak
You know those agonizing decisions that cause you to break out in a sweat and reach out to everyone on your contact list to...
Waiting for the Storm // Residents of Miami prepare for a possible hurricane
For seasoned Floridians, nothing quite says “fall is here” like the threat of a hurricane.
Each year, dozens of giant, swirling storms form off the...
Looking for My “Brother” // Wherever you are, out there, thanks!
The mitzvah of tefillin is just one of those things that if you aren’t religious or educated about Yiddishkeit, it makes almost no sense....
Menachem Toker Takes Charge // The popular Israeli broadcaster discusses the Orthodox...
The recent spate of Israeli court decisions against gender-segregated and men-only concerts has taken the international Orthodox Jewish community by surprise—but it shouldn’t. On...
APLICATIONS
Meron, Desolate: Rabbi Chaim Rabinowitz discusses Lag Ba’omer in a time...
‘Painful,’ ‘depressing,’ ‘I can’t believe my eyes.’ These are some of the things that residents of Meron keep repeating when they see Meron completely...
