The Place From Afar // A Tale of Three Sisters
Every year on the 4th of July, Candis made me a birthday party.
She must have been nine and I six when the tradition began....
Without Compromise // Remembering the Skulener Rebbe, Rav Yeshayah Yaakov Portugal, zt”l
It was with great sadness that klal Yisrael received the terrible news on Motzaei Shabbos that the Skulener Rebbe, Rav Yeshayah Yaakov Portugal, zt”l,...
A Father to his Talmidim // Remembering Rav Avrohom Ausband, zt”l, Rosh Yeshivas Telshe...
The official title of Rav Avrohom Yitzchok Ausband, fondly known as “Rav Avremel,” was rosh yeshivah, and he led his yeshivah in Riverdale, New...
Josh Hochschuler // Green Acres Nursery and Supply
Josh Hochschuler is a man who followed his passion for gelato to a multimillion-dollar buyout. A post-college trip to Argentina began Josh’s interest in...
Ach! // Herr Höcke isn’t humbled
Unless you speak German and are into German politics, you probably are unfamiliar with Sperrminorität. The word means “blocking minority”—the ability of a political...
Elon Perry // An Insider’s Take on the war in Gaza
Born in Netivot, Israel, to frum parents who emigrated from Morocco, Elon Perry joined the Israel Defense Forces at a young age and was...
What I Witnessed in Entebbe // A Givati Brigade commando who was part of...
One of the most successful counterterrorist rescue missions in history was the Entebbe raid carried out by the Israeli Defense Forces on July 4,...
Ephraim Diamond // Arbel Capital Advisers, LLC
The housing market is not necessarily a bad one for landlords—unless you’re a landlord in New York City, where regulations and the legal system...
Moribund Mullocracy? // Signs of societal frailty in Iran abound
The penultimate day of July in Tehran was partly cloudy, but Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh’s disposition was entirely sunny as he attended the...
When Anti-Semites Target Us // How pro-Palestinian groups are harassing a chasidic-owned business
On March 28, 2018 (Issue 361), Ami Magazine ran a special Lunchbreak feature, an interview with Reb Shloime Weber and his son Sruly. We...






















