Just Desserts // Indigenousness is in the Eye of the Beholder
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...
My Sister-In-Law is Ignoring Me // Is There Any Way to Make the Relationship...
In this column, we give you the opportunity to listen in on a discussion between Rabbi Shais Taub and a reader with a dilemma,...
Life After Lyme // It took years until I was diagnosed and a seeming...
My earliest memory is vividly imprinted in my mind. I see a younger version of myself curled up on the floor of the hallway...
Foreign Agent // A conversation with the exiled chief rabbi of Moscow Rabbi Pinchas...
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt was the chief rabbi of Moscow from 1993 until 2022, and he served as rabbi of the Moscow Choral Synagogue from...
An Israeli Researcher Is Kidnapped in Iraq // How involved is Iran in her...
“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...
Jay Bloom // Bloom Family Office
The headlines read “Billionaire Jay Bloom saved from submarine disaster.” For quite some time after the doomed Titan submersible sank on June 18 while...
Spleen Supersedes Sanity // A Congresswoman Stands Alone
Priceless as it was predictable, terrorist groups reacted to Israel’s recent “Operation Home and Garden” in Jenin by… celebrating their triumph.
That, with the raided...
Biden vs Bibi // As relations between the Biden administration and Netanyahu’s government ...
David Melech Friedman (born August 8, 1958) served as the United States ambassador to Israel under President Trump from May 15, 2017, until January...
The Supreme Court’s Latest Bombshells // The justices’ decisions have political and practical relevance
“This is an important victory for Americans of all faiths, who may now follow their religious consciences in the workplace.”
—Aaron Streett of Baker Botts,...
Mortin Levy // Levy Commodities
Although Mortin (Matisyahu Aharon) Levy, a longtime commodities trader, is now retired, we had to schedule our conversation for early evening because he still...






















