Tag: Thisweek
For Jerusalem’s Sake // A Visit With Rav Shlomo Amar
“The Kotel Hamaaravi is the last remnant of our Beit Hamikdash,” Rav Shlomo Moshe Amar, the Sephardic chief rabbi of Yerushalayim tells me during...
Blowing Shofar For Rav Elyashiv
It's a bit of a daunting undertaking to try to describe a Yemenite shofar, or any shofar for that matter. But the best description...
A Monster Storm Reaches Shore // Hurricane Irma’s Devastation And Diversions
The inhabitants of the island of Antigua watched nervously as Hurricane Irma approached. The massive storm came and passed, and the prime minister announced...
For the Sanctity of Shabbos // Gedolim Meet in A Show...
Only once before did such an event occur: One after the other, the gedolim of Eretz Yisrael came to the Beis Talmud Torah Y’chaveh...
A Galus Story // How Many Generations Can A Secret Last?
My name is Esther Malka, but it used to be Emily. I was born in 1953 in a town on the border of Illinois...
The Journey Of My Life // An interview with Rav Dovid...
It’s 6:30 in the morning. Outside it is still dark, and the sun’s rays are just beginning to peek over the horizon. The Jews...
Is The U.S. Holocaust Museum Being Politicized?
Controversy has enveloped the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, following the revelation that the museum was planning to issue a report claiming there was...
Israel And The New UN Chief: Is The Honeymoon Over Already?
It may not seem like big news that the former prime minister of Portugal publicly acknowledges that the Beis Hamikdash once stood on Jerusalem’s...
It’s All In The Mind // Life Does Not Have...
I have heard it said that the mind has its own form of health and sickness, just as the body does.
What I went through...
Russian Spies…Everywhere // From Lenin to Stalin to Putin…America Has...
What is the largest number of spies that Russia has ever had inside the United States of America? Ten? A hundred? A thousand? Newly...
