Recent Issue
How To Not Lose Your Soul
Rabbi Irwin Katsof, a protégé of Rav Noach Weinberg at Aish HaTorah, is no stranger to the world of publishing. In 1998, he coauthored...
“We’re All Shell-Shocked”
Zohran Mamdani’s surprising victory in the Democratic primary last week has prompted national handwringing on both the left and the right. In the frum...
Powwow Events
If you’ve attended any Jewish tradeshow or simply a large event with a focus on a specific industry, such as homecare, Amazon, kosher food,...
Getting Away With Murder // Beware the MAID
At first, Canadians who wanted “medical assistance in dying” (MAID) had to have been declared within six months of natural death. As of 2021,...
A Spectacular Feat
A native of New York City, John M. “Jack” Keane grew up in a housing project on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. When he enrolled...
Thank You, Mr. President
In light of President Donald J. Trump’s recent decision to bomb Iranian nuclear sites—a bold and decisive act that we believe has saved the...
The Accidental Financial Adviser
Mendel Feferkorn never set out to enter the world of financial awareness. But a series of “coincidences”—what Yidden recognize as hashgachah pratis—set it in...
Best of Times, Worst of Times
It isn’t often that The New York Times runs an editorial—the official voice of the paper—that runs more than 2,000 words. But that’s what...
Bigger Missles, Greater Danger
As Israel continues to pummel nuclear and military sites in Iran, the Iranians have repeatedly fired missiles as well as drones at residential areas...
The Real Deal at Re-Deal with Mr. Ralph Herzka & Mr....
At the end of June 2022, I received a call from two young men, Chaim Lefkowitz and Joel Rosenberg. They asked for my help...
Vanilla Flotilla // Egotism springs eternal
The hostages are freed.
No, not those hostages, unfortunately. Rather, the intrepid seafarers of the “Freedom Flotilla,” the smile-for-the-cameras attempt to deliver some token aid...
Being There // Rabbi Sruli Fried talks about how to “be...
In my 25 years of dealing with all kinds of trauma,” begins Rabbi Yisrael Fried, “I’ve never encountered anything like the recent car accident...
Musk vs. Trump
They couldn’t have been more different, but for nearly a year they were inseparable. Now the friendship is dead, and the world is watching...
Shloime (Sol) Friedman // QUE Fence
I met Shloime (Sol) Friedman, founder of Que Fencing, at the OJBA show a couple of months ago. After talking with him for a...