Tag: Thisweek

It was a hot summer night on the dusty streets of the small village of al-Bab, on the outskirts of Aleppo in Syria. Heavy...

A remarkable event took place on November 20-21 in Vienna. I had the privilege of participating in the presentation of a 150-page document entitled...

It takes about two days to get from Kampala, the capital of Uganda, to the neighboring country of Rwanda. It might not look that...

“When I was around 17,” says Simcha Eichenstein, 35, who was recently elected to represent the 48th District in the New York State Assembly,...

Yeshivos in New York State have been under threat for several years from a campaign to change their way of teaching. Now it appears...

“With every passing day, every passing hour, we feel my father’s absence more keenly, may his righteous and holy memory be a blessing. And...

It’s a situation no one wants to be in. A flight, seemingly set to be over well before Shabbos, is delayed. Shomer Shabbos passengers...

My rosh yeshivah, Rav Dovid Soloveitchik, shlita, used to repeat the following story in the name of his father, the Brisker Rav, zt”l: There was...

Dr. Shmuel D. Mandelman holds a doctorate from Columbia University in educational and developmental psychology. He also spent five years conducting research at Yale...

Q: Thank you very much for addressing this very important topic regarding the stigma of mental illness. I understand that yours is more of...