Tag: Thisweek
Belzer Kehillah’s business expo a huge success
The trade fair is a staple of the Jewish or chasidishe story, with the merchant who heads off to Lublin or Leipzig for the...
For the Love of Jews // Dov Hikind reflects on his...
When Dov Hikind tells me he knew that if Jakiw Palij was ever going to be deported it was going to happen under the...
Honey Money // Honey might be the only food that never...
A tip came in that Stephanie Giesselbach was skipping town. She had broken the lease on her car, the utilities in her apartment had...
What Honorable People Do // Bringing the truth to the forefront,...
My friend Mark Aarons and I were raised very differently. I was raised right of center as a Boston Irish Catholic. Mark Aarons was...
Drought and Bacteria // Outbreak of leptospirosis from grazing cattle puts...
Tourism to northern Israel has suddenly declined—at the height of the vacation season—due to the outbreak of bacteria few Israelis have ever heard of,...
Passing The Torch // My Journey from Therapy to Therapist
You would never know anything’s wrong by looking at me. And if I tell you I have multiple sclerosis, your jaw would drop, because...
A Turning Point in the Battle for Chinuch? // A...
The fight against the yeshivos has reached a milestone.
For several years, a group intent on “reforming” education in New York yeshivos has been battering...
My Friend Mr. Erdogan // A Turkish Jew discusses his long...
Outside the classroom overlooking the Bosporus the wind was howling and the rain was beating down against the window, but inside the room the...
Melodious Teshuvah // Confessions of a tone-deaf penitent
In general, I’m not one to associate the month of Elul and the High Holy Days, as they are often called in America, with...
A Bad Month for the Saudis // Why they really can’t...
August 2018 was not a good month for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) or its energetic young dictator, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman...
