The Enduring Fire of Torah and Avodah
Rav Yitzchok Kolodetsky, a son-in-law of Rav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l, is a distinguished gaon and tzaddik in his own right. Known for his asceticism...
The City that Refused to Fade
How healthy is the European shtetl?
Our ongoing series “The Health of the American Shtetl” has looked at the state that smaller American Jewish communities...
Rabbi Yossi Eliav // US Virtual Guard (USVG) & Real Estate
This Lunchbreak is a little different from the usual. For the first time, I’m featuring someone I personally mentored and watched grow up. I’ve...
Truculent Troika’s Tribulations
You may never have heard of “crab mentality,” but it’s a real thing, a metaphor derived from anecdotal claims about crustaceans confined to an...
Finding my Father
Chanukah is about miracles. Ours wasn’t a joyful one. But after 20 years of not knowing what happened to my father, learning the truth...
The Extraordinary Music of Yaakov Shwekey
Through the grimy window of a post-war train carrying displaced people across Europe,
a man saw a shadow. A silhouette. And suddenly he knew.
It...
Torah Values in Diplomacy
Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Yechiel Leiter was appointed Israel’s ambassador to the United States on January 27, 2025. An ordained rabbi, educator and longtime...
Daniel Lowy // EMU Health
Speaking to Daniel Lowy, founder of EMU Health, one thing is clear: he loves what he does. Daniel’s center is effectively a mini hospital,...
Korrupt Kingdom
Quite a warplane, that F-35. It’s described by military aviation expert Gareth Jennings as “the pinnacle of Western combat aviation,” and has, among other...
Making a Huge Splash in a Small City
Miami Beach may be small in population, but under Mayor Steven Meiner’s leadership it makes a big impact: locally, nationally and internationally. Reelected this...
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A Conversation With The Present Kaliver Rebbe About Fulfilling His Promise...
In the reception room of the previous Rebbe of Kaliv, zt”l, whose first yahrtzeit was commemorated two days after Pesach (23 Nisan), I find...
