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Hitting the Right Note // A place for the creative Bachur

“The Repressed Voice of Creativity,” an article by the therapist and artist Lisa Agaran, includes a description, paraphrased as follows, of what happens when...

Kushner in Casablanca…and Beyond // Jared Kushner’s religious life and ties...

That we might see the son-in-law of the president of the United States at the Kosel Hamaaravi is not actually as surprising as we...

From the Idyllic Songs to the Y-Chromosome of the Rabbinical Dynasty...

There is hardly a leader of a chasidic movement today who is not somehow connected to the Chernobyl dynasty. The Rebbes of Belz, Bobov,...

Torah In the Work Place?

While some opportunities for learning have taken the more traditional form of a shiur during the day or even before it begins, a handful...

The Political Turmoil in Israel // An on-the-spot report from the...

Would an Israeli government be formed? Could Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convince Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman to join a coalition and give up...

Lindh the Sociopath // The “American Taliban” Walks out of Prison

In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks, US operatives took into custody John Walker Lindh, an American citizen who had fought side-by-side...

A First for Belgium // A frum Jew is elected...

Michael Freilich is the first frum Jew to be voted into the Belgium Parliament. He is a member of the N-VA, or New Flemish...

Will England Ban Shechitah post-Brexit? // An interview with British shechitah...

Shimon Cohen is the director of Shechitah UK, a community-wide organization that was established in 2009 to coordinate communication with the European Union on...

Friends in Unlikely Places // Mohammed Saud, a staunch young supporter...

The Middle East is full of surprises, some pleasant and some not so pleasant. Things here can change in an instant, and the eyes...

Washington Insider: Exclusive Interview Iraqi MP, Sarkawt Shamsulddin

I first crossed paths with Sarkawt Shamsulddin during his three-year stint as a foreign member of the White House press corps, for the Kurdish...

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