Tag: Thisweek
The Rediscoverer of Yemen // World Jewry wwas stunned by the...
To the Ashkenazi Jews of the cold and impoverished shtetlach, Yiddishkeit as they knew it was centered in Europe. Little thought was given to...
The Legacy Of Chevron // A visit from the Rosh Yeshivah,...
The institution of yeshivos is hardly new. The Talmud relates: “Rav Chama ben Chanina said: ‘From the days of our ancestors, the Jewish people...
When West Met East
American Jewish soldiers whose units were assigned to fight in North Africa during World War II undoubtedly expected to be spending a Yom Tov...
Identity Check
A kashrus mashgiach working in China recently had an unexpected, dramatic experience when he was stopped at a roadblock in Xinjiang Province and taken...
The Exodus // Revitalization by the River
Motti Hershkop told me that he never thought part of helping a town grow as a destination for Jewish families would mean flipping pizzas....
Trust, But Verify
I never thought of myself as a kiruv type of guy. To me, kiruv was reserved for rabbis, not a 21-year-old guy like me...
Trumping the Odds
As the Boeing VC-25 lumbered across the runway of Riyadh, President Donald J. Trump completed the first foreign trip of his presidency. And as...
Speaking to the Saudis
President Trump has hosted a variety of world leaders in Washington during these first few months of his administration, but this week he got...
The Belzer Rebbe Leads an Awe-Inspiring Shabbos in London
The Belz community of London was privileged to host the Belzer Rebbe, shlita, during a historic visit to the city for Shabbos and Lag...
Did Comey Deserve To Be Fired?
I do not particularly like Donald Trump, as my readers well know, but I am stubbornly honest about praising him when he does the...
