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Here We Go Again…
After all these decades of traveling here and there, I’ve assumed a different and a somewhat less prominent role. You see, last Sunday evening at a yahrzeit seudah for my bother Binyomin...
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Torah
What Does It Mean to Dedicate a Torah Class to Someone?
One question in the chat caught me by surprise recently. Some 4,000 women had registered for an open class on Parashat Bereishit, organized by the “Mitchadshot” community. At the beginning of the Zoom...
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Torah
Maaseh Avot, Siman L’banim
Maaseh Avot, Siman L’banim Chazal poignantly describe in Pirkei Avos 5:3 the ten trials that Avraham Avinu withstood to publicize how great was the love of Avraham. While there is a difference of opinion, notably...
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Award-Winning Film ‘Blind Spot’ Depicts Courageous Students Telling Their Stories At Exclusive Screening At Congregation Beth Sholom
Jack Sprung Baila Sebrow Assemblyman Ari Brown (left to right) Leonard Gold, Brian Dickstein, Eli Bruck Award-Winning Film ‘Blind Spot’ Depicts Courageous Students Telling Their Stories At Exclusive Screening At...
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News & Politics
Rep. Gillen Statement on Suspicious Letter to Congressional Office
On October 16, Congresswoman Laura Gillen (NY-04) issued the following statement in response to a suspicious letter sent to her congressional office. “Today, my office received a suspicious envelope, similar...
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Real Estate
Why I Would Seriously Consider Buying Property In Israel Today
I’ve just spent a week in America, speaking to people about buying property in Israel, and I came away thinking about something interesting. There are a few things about the...
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Advice
October 21, 2026
Why Funding Your Trust Matters
Part 2: How to Properly Fund Your Trust This second article in the series is your step-by-step, core guide to...
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Food
October 21, 2026
Squash Sensations: A Winter Squash Primer
Visiting a farm or produce market this time of year is a seasonal treat for squash lovers among us. Autumn...
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Real Estate
October 21, 2026
An Appraisal By Any Other Name
So here’s the $64,000 question: Does the appraisal you get for insurance purposes (other than a mortgage) give you a...
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Advice
October 21, 2026
A Seat At The Table
This past week, I attended Plastic Surgery The Meeting, the annual gathering of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS),...
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Health / Nutrition
October 21, 2026
Mount Sinai South Nassau Infectious Disease Expert Says Flu Remains a Killer; Urges Vaccination
Warning that “the flu remains a killer,” Aaron E. Glatt, MD, Chair of the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai...
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Dating
October 21, 2026
DATING FORUM
Question When my friend became single and started dating again, she usually turned to me for advice. She was unfamiliar...
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Advice
October 19, 2026
The CFO Spouse
My wife is an amazing mother, an incredible cook, and she keeps our house organized in a way I never...
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Torah
October 19, 2026
How We Vote
“At 5:35 a.m. we woke up, my wife, my brother Reb Shimon Leib, and my brother-in-law Reb Natanel Solduchil. And...
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Torah
October 19, 2026
Lech Lecha: The Courage To Stand Alone
It takes courage to stand alone against the beliefs of an entire society. Few experienced this loneliness as deeply as Avraham...
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Torah
October 19, 2026
Lech Lecha: L’chaim!
Rav Yitzchak Zilber, zt’l, legendary champion of Russian Jewry, was a humble talmid chacham and teacher whose incredible self-sacrifice and dedication inspired and...
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Advice
October 19, 2026
Why Ask Why?
When I was in high school and computers were more or less a prop used in science fiction movies, nobody...
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Heard In The Bagel Store
October 14, 2026
Could We Live Here?
I’m enamored and intrigued by those Nefesh B’Nefesh ads that appear here on occasion promoting events that encourage and facilitate aliyah,...
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Heard In The Bagel Store October 21, 2026
Here We Go Again…
After all these decades of traveling here and there, I’ve assumed a different and a somewhat less prominent role. You see, last Sunday evening at a yahrzeit seudah for my bother Binyomin (his first), I attracted an inordinate amount of unwanted attention which I would have preferred not to. In short, I was walking into another room […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store October 14, 2026
Could We Live Here?
I’m enamored and intrigued by those Nefesh B’Nefesh ads that appear here on occasion promoting events that encourage and facilitate aliyah, promoting the idea that American Jews should emigrate to Israel. I literally love the idea of moving to Israel, but after spending ten days here on several occasions (I’m not saying that’s my limit), Esta […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store October 8, 2026
Jerusalem Diary
The streets are crowded—actually, they’re overcrowded unlike anything we’ve ever seen in Jerusalem. The last time I saw anything like this was during Shavuos several years ago when hordes of people began heading to the Kotel at 4 a.m. and earlier. So, this year we split the chag. That is, we were in New York for the first […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store September 23, 2026
Kosher Strike!
Three young men from the neighborhood decide to buy a bowling alley—no, that’s not the start of some joke. It’s a true story and I met the three people who recently bought Woodmere Lanes at 948 Broadway in Woodmere. And while I haven’t checked with ChatGPT, this might be the first glatt kosher Shomer Shabbosbowling emporium in […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store September 16, 2026
Four Soldiers
The painting “Four Soldiers” by the artist Chava Roth has been on the front page of the 5TJT issue prior to Rosh Hashanah last year as well as this year. As you may recall, it depicts two IDF soldiers wearing kippahs walking through the Old City alongside two Chassidic men wearing taleisim and shtreimels, and I always imagined it was Rosh Hashanah […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store September 9, 2026
The Right Shul
I know some people who have never been in more than one shul during their entire adult lives. Now that I think about it, I prefer moving around, trying different shuls. Do you think that’s a good idea or not? The fact of the matter is that when I was too young to cross a […]
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Heard In The Bagel Store September 2, 2026
Eleven Months
My brother Binyomin, a’h, has three great daughters: Perel, Naomi, and Malkie. Let me tell you two things about them. Perel is named after my sister-in-law Sandy’s grandmother. Naomi is named after my paternal grandmother. And Malkie is named after my maternal grandmother, my mother’s mother, Chaya Malka. My brother Binyomin was sadly niftar almost 11 months ago. Since, […]
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October 21, 2026
Why I Would Seriously Consider Buying Property In Israel Today
I’ve just spent a week in America, speaking to people about buying property in Israel, and I came away thinking…
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Israel
September 9, 2026
Buying New Construction In Israel? Why Tivuch Shelly Is The Name Buyers Trust
For decades, buyers looking for property in Israel have turned to Tivuch Shelly Real Estate, not simply to find a…
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Israel
September 2, 2026
More Than 1,100 North American Olim Make Aliyah This August, Marking Record Month of Aliyah
Credit Sivan Shachor More than 1,100 North American olim have made aliyah in August, marking a record-breaking month of aliyah. Last week, close to 100 olim arrived…
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Israel
August 27, 2026
Why Am I back?
I’ve just completed a dynamic few months interning at the Jerusalem Post, penning several published pieces, including two op-eds. I…
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Israel
August 12, 2026
ZAKA Search & Rescue Provides Kavod HaMeit During Busiest 24 Hours Of 5786, Responding From Tragedy To Tragedy
ZAKA Busiest Day ZAKA Search & Rescue volunteers worked virtually nonstop through a succession of tragedies across Israel and internationally…
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Israel
August 11, 2026
Nefesh B’Nefesh Celebrates Its 100,000th Oleh With The President Of Israel
President Isaac Herzog welcomed NBN’s 100,000th North American Oleh to the President’s Residence Photo Credit Yonit Schiller President Isaac Herzog…
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Israel
August 5, 2026
140 New Immigrants From France Arrive In Israel On Special ‘Families Flight’
New Oleh arriving in Israel. Credit: Ministry of Aliyah and Integration A total of 140 new immigrants from France arrived…
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Israel
August 5, 2026
1,700 Young Jews From Around The World Gather In Tel Aviv For Birthright Israel Summer Event
Approximately 1,700 young Jewish adults from around the world attended Birthright Israel’s main summer event Tuesday night at the Tel…
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