Patience

What a month we’ve just entered! Iyar contains the same Hebrew letters as the word “ya’ir,” to light up. It’s finally spring on this...

Eye Opener

It was that time of year again. Twelfth graders around the world found themselves fluctuating between nerves and excitement, teachers tried to reassure classes...

Women Remember: Sorah Rosenblatt, a”h

The problem, as I sit before my desk that’s covered tonight with overflowing, unruly piles upon piles of poems by Sorah Rosenblatt, a”h, aka...

About Respect

In the past month, we went from hectic, frenzied days to relaxed days of freedom. How fast time flies when we’re enjoying it! The Midrash...

From Reuben With Love

A couple of weeks ago, our kehillah was plunged into mourning when we learned of the sudden passing of Reuben Kahn, a longtime friend...

What’s That Lurking Behind Your Ear?

Four-year-old Dovi sauntered over to his mother, brandishing a T-pin he’d taken from her home-based sheitel salon. Without a word, his cheeky smirk conveyed...

Is There Any Future for Jews in the Labour Party?

The politics of the left in Britain have gone off the deep end over the past year, particularly for Jews. What is somewhat odd...

The Unique Case of Romania // An Interview with Robert David Kaplan

As in many European countries, the history of Jews in Romania dates back to murky points in the days of the Roman Empire. Ancient...

All That Glitters

When I got married in Eretz Yisrael in the 1960s, it was a different world from ours in so many ways, yet very much...

The Role of a Rabbi?

It is said that before Rav Chaim Volozhin sent a yungerman off to a position in rabbanus, he would call him into his office....