Kaddish Revisited

And so, once again, I am one of those voices you hear in shul saying Kaddish at the appropriate times during davening, which...

The Eyes Have It

One thing I’ve been familiar with since I was four is eye doctors. I don’t know the medical explanation, but...

Oh, Brother!

There were times during the process when I just felt like crying. About eight months ago, my brother Binyomin took...

In The Beginning

It all started in Israel 5786 years ago. The Divine idea was to set aside one of about a billion...

Jerusalem Diary

In the aftermath of the Sukkos yom tov here in Jerusalem, there is a shift of sorts, at least in the touristy...

One Or Two

It’s an important and serious matter. And that is the observance of the chagim while in Eretz Yisrael, as was the case this...

An Open Letter To Dave Portnoy

By Yochanan Gordon Dear Dave, I want to begin by saying that I’m an admirer of your passion for pizza...

An Upside-Down World

A rosh yeshiva from Bnei Brak was in my office last week, on the day of the million-man protest against the proposed...

The Sound Of Silence

By Yochanan Gordon Word spread Wednesday afternoon of my uncle Binyomin’s passing after about half a year of battling illness....

A Living Paradox

By Yochanan Gordon In last week’s column, titled “Sacrosanct and Secular,” I mentioned in passing the book my grandfather, Nison...

Sacrosanct And Secular

By Yochanan Gordon How was this Sukkos different than all other Sukkos holidays? Wait! Pesach is the holiday that highlights...

High-Holiday Tickets

Within the last six months, my wife met with a local proprietor to put some items on hold, which he...

The Special Children’s Center

By Malkie Hirsch-Magence “I have learned much from my teachers, more from my friends, but from my students—more than all...

Full Circle Moments: How Olami House Is Transforming Jewish Growth In The Five Towns

“Anyone who spends time with these women can’t help but be inspired by their stories.” Something I’ve always marveled at...

A Final Song For Uncle Binyomin

I know the last place you’d expect to find something beautiful is at a levayah. And it’s especially heartbreaking when it’s...

A Material Dating World

I love drawing parallels between the observant and non-observant dating worlds because, at the end of the day, the dating...

A Spectator To Life’s Seasons

By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence Like a lot in life changed after Moshe’s death, so did where we would daven. Before...

Rosh Hashanah Reflections

I wasn’t much of a student. Ask my mother, and she’ll happily remind you that while I was smart enough,...

Mamdani’s Shocking Victory In New York—What Does It Mean?

By Sivan Rahav Meir 1. In November 2024, the United States held its presidential election. That same week, I met...

Rabbi Meir Kahane And Me

By Cheri F Rosen I first met Rabbi Meir Kahane the summer before my senior year in high school. He...

Where Our Story Began And Continues

By Juda Honickman I grew up in the Five Towns, where we learned the stories of our ancestors like family...

Our Moadim

We previously studied the significance of Shabbat, the holy day that signifies our relationship with Hashem and occurs each week....

Friends Don’t Let Friends Embrace Antisemites

By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg I still remember a slogan from a well-known public service announcement: “Friends don’t let friends drive...

“Hevron Is Thriving!”

An Interview with Dovi Weiss, Executive Director of Yeshivat Shavei Hevron Few places in the Jewish world embody both history...

Kinos Hashluchim

5TJT Podcast with Gavriel Sanders

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Separate Seating Added At Ishay Ribo’s Historic Bethel Woods Concert In Upstate NY

Separate seating for men and women has officially been added to Ishay Ribo’s upcoming concert at Bethel Woods—the largest outdoor...

So, What Does Your Credit Look Like?

So, when was the last time you guys checked to see what kind of credit scores you rated with the...

A Crucial Vote

I do not like to get involved in election matters when they occur in areas where I’m not eligible to...

Florida Chesed Network

As many 5TJT readers are undoubtedly aware, the state of Florida neither demands nor collects state income tax. Of course, those moving...

Time To Say Goodbye To Summer

Each year when I take down my sukkah and store it away for the next year, I need to come to terms...

Changes In Elul And After

Each year at the end of summer we usher in the month of Elul by preparing for the Yamim Noraim that await us. Sephardim...

Making The Move

Part Three: Location, Location, Location You have completed your financing due diligence and if applying for a mortgage, you have...

Letters to the editor

Curtis Sliwa for Mayor Dear Editor, I agree with your article that Curtis Sliwa is the best choice for NYC...

Charedim And The Draft

BANNER: Letters Dear Editor, Over the past years, even during peacetime, I have been dismayed at the unwillingness of most chareidiyeshiva...

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

Dear Editor, You indicated that Sharon returned Gaza because he wanted to be known as a man of peace. Medically,...

Legendary Satmar

Dear Editor, In his letter of June 27, Rabbi Heshie Billet takes the 5TJT to task for allocating front-page coverage to the...

Affront And Center

Dear Editor, The 5TJT issue of June 13, 2025, featured a front-page photograph and lead story about Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, the current...

Israel returns bodies of two hostages from Gaza

Terrorists murdered Judy Weinstein-Haggai and Gadi Haggai at Kibbutz Nir Oz, then carried their bodies to the Strip. (June 5,...

Turn The Page

Anyone who has ever looked for a new recipe, let alone tried to follow one, is likely familiar with a...

Rabbi Moshe Hauer: Words Of Farewell

Rabbi Moshe Hauer passed away suddenly at age 64, from a heart attack in his home in Baltimore, Maryland. He...

OU Mourns The Passing Of EVP Rabbi Moshe Hauer, zt’l

By OU President Mitchel Aeder and EVP and COO Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph With tears in our eyes and hearts...

YATAR: Breaking Records, Defending Israel, Redefining Security

In June, one of YATAR’s specialized teams was deployed to the Northern Shomron—volunteer fighters drawn from Israel’s most elite IDF...

Estate Plan Checkup: Why Maintenance Matters

Creating an estate plan is an important milestone. It brings peace of mind, protects your family, and ensures your wishes...

September Is Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: Prioritize Your Health With jscreen®

Shari Ungerleider from New Jersey and Myra Sack from Boston share a heartbreaking bond: both lost a child to Tay-Sachs...

Pesach Program Concierge: A White-Glove Approach To Navigating The Process

Finding the perfect Pesach program can be an arduous task fraught with anxiety and frustration as families strive to create...

EL AL Announces CEO Appointment And CFO Transition

On September 21, the EL AL Board of Directors announced significant leadership changes at the company, marking a new chapter...

Ishay Ribo’s Historic Upstate Concert Nears Sell-Out; Final Pavilion Tickets Released

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts has announced that Pavilion seating is now nearly sold out for Ishay Ribo’s upcoming...

Yamim Baim: The Historic Jewish Music Festival with Ishay Ribo, Avraham Fried, Zusha, and ShmuelJUMP Yamim Baim

Inside Yamim Baim: The Historic Jewish Music Festival with Ishay Ribo, Avraham Fried, Zusha, and Shmuel Ishay Ribo Courtesy Yamim...

Then And Now

 These are the songs of days and years and decades gone by. Songs by iconic composers like Rabbis Shlomo Carlebach...

HANC High School Meets With Author Of “One Day In October”

By Abigail Saldin, HANC ‘26 What does bravery and heroism mean to you? On Monday, October 20, the students at...

HAFTR Students Reflect and Celebrate a Successful Year

By: Ben Lipton Before the school year came to an end, HAFTR High School students and faculty took a well-deserved...

HAFTR Excels At YLMUN 2025

By Natalie Bellehsen and Leah Kammerman  By Natalie Bellehsen and Leah Kammerman  The third annual Yeshiva League Model United Nations...

MTA Inducts New Members Into The National Honor Society

By Mayer Schwartz (’25) MTA held its annual ARISTA induction ceremony, where a select group of rising seniors were named...

What Teens Want Their Parents To Know

What Teens Want Their Parents To Know By: Mia Kaplowitz, Leila Makowsky, Tamar Jansenson These reflections were written by Shulamith...

DATING FORUM

Question I’m a twenty-three-year-old preschool teacher who’s been dating without much luck for four years. I finally met a guy...

DATING FORUM

Question My friends and I read the article last week about the lady who says she’s not a real shadchan, but...

DATING FORUM

Question I’m not an official shadchan, but I try to help singles all the time. I find that it is the...

DATING FORUM

Question I met a girl at an event and thought she was pretty, so I asked her out without doing...

DATING FORUM

Question Why should I still be frum after everything I have been through and am still going through? I was born into...

DATING FORUM

Question I am 30 years old and went to a great popular seminary in Israel, college, and now work in...

Blocks From Swastika Incident, Governor Hochul Announces $20 Million In Additional Non-Profit Security Grant Funding

On Wednesday, November 5, Senator Sam Sutton joined together with Governor Kathy Hochul, Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris, State Senator Stephen...

Lots To Celebrate, But…

Phil Rosen with Senator Ted Cruz This past weekend was, for Republican Jews, a massive celebration. Over 1,000 people (far...

Nassau County Board of Elections Unofficial Results General Election, November 4, 2025

County Executive   Votes  Percentage Bruce A. Blakeman (R)       171,113          55.92 Seth I. Koslow (D)   134,643          44.00 District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly (R)          168,978          55.58 Nicole Aloise (D)     134,880          44.37 County...

Mamdani And The Bigotry Of Low Expectations

By Ron Jager For Mamdani, it’s all about giving American Muslims, Palestinians, and their radicalized supporters a pass on behavior...

No Fiscal Stress For Nassau County

The New York State Comptroller’s Office has released the latest results of its Fiscal Stress Monitoring System, and Nassau County...

John Ferretti’s Commitment To Keeping The Town Of Hempstead Strong: Safety, Affordability, Opportunity, And Unity

Hempstead Town Supervisor John Ferretti holds a copy of his 2026 Town of Hempstead Budget, where he announced a $5...

Schumer’s Purim

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries It’s a Purim story early in the season. Senator Chuck Schumer, who knows next to nothing about...

A Hero Of Israel

Hopefully, the war in Gaza will come to an end and Israel will be able to get back to normal...

Thoughts on the Mamdani Win

As long as we’re on the subject of mindless Jew-hatred, there’s now the matter of New York City’s mayor-elect, Ugandan-born...

Terrible Tucker

Broadcast journalist Tucker Carlson did not become a sudden or overnight critic or hater of Israel and Jews. It has...

To Annex Or Not

It’s an issue that has been on the Middle East drawing board for decades. But for a while last week,...

Endorsing Bruce Blakeman

If we’ve learned anything over the last few years, it’s that casting your ballot is the most important thing you...

How A Rabbi And PhD Gained The Most Insight From His Mother: Review of “Happiness in the Face of Adversity: Powerful Torah ideas from a Mom’s parting words”

By Rabbi Elie Feder, PhD, $19.99 (196p) ISBN 978-1961602670 Review by Michele Justic The greatest scholars, philosophers, and scientists of...

When the Stock Market Feels Too High

The headlines keep repeating the same phrase: all-time high. The stock market is up again, portfolio values are higher than...

Renovating With Safety

I regularly drive around various sections of town to see what different homeowners are up to in sprucing up their...

Real Estate Allergies

Allergies may not be the first subject one considers when purchasing a home, but for some homebuyers who suffer from...

Going Green

“Going green” refers to the movement by environmentalists, energy specialists, and organizations throughout the United States interested in educating people...

Making The Move

You have assessed your needs and determined your financing limitations, and you maintain a vague idea of which neighborhoods you’d...

County Executive Bruce Blakeman Announces Law Enforcement Endorsements Ahead Of November Election

Bruce Blakeman joined leaders of several prominent law enforcement unions who announced that they would be endorsing the incumbent candidate...

A New Appreciation For My Extended Family

By David Goldman The Five Towns is blessed with events and fundraisers almost every week. I’ve been to many of...

Achiezer Men’s Health Event

Your health can’t wait. How many of us don’t even have a primary care doctor? Skipping checkups and pushing off...

Long Beach And Lido Jewish Communities Gather For Annual Labor Day Barbecue Honoring Local Police Officers

Members of the Long Beach and Lido Beach Jewish communities gathered this past Sunday to show appreciation and honor the...

Meeting Congressman Brian Mast

By: Larry Gordon Congressman Brian Mast (R-Fla.) is a great legislator and an important friend of Israel and the Jewish...

The Possible Dream

By: Larry Gordon Last week we did an in-depth look into the life of a single Israeli soldier who spent...

YU’s Sy Syms School of Business Launches Finance Master’s Program, Boosting Student Career Prospects

Program Features Wall Street Proximity, Access to Top Financial Institutions and Internships YU’s Sy Syms School of Business is launching...

Back To School Is Hard: Parents Can Help

By Chaim Neuhoff, PhD Director of Community Outreach and Clinical Program Development, Ohel As summer winds down and we begin...

Avi Fertig Named Director of Career Services at Touro University’s Lander College of Arts & Sciences

Avi Fertig of Woodmere was appointed Director of Career Services at Touro University’s Lander College of Arts & Sciences, Dean...

Protecting Our Kids: Real School Safety Requires Action, Not Politics

By Congressman Anthony D’Esposito With back-to-school season just weeks away, parents across Long Island are preparing their children for another...

New OU-JLIC Directors Bring Fresh Energy To Seven Leading Universities

JLIC NYU co-directors Elayanna and Rabbi Zechariah Rosenthal Rabbi AJ and Yakira Baumol didn’t set out to work full-time in...

The Great Bohemian Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Avraham Broda and his Student, Rabbi Natanael Weil, Author of Korban Nesanel 

The Great Bohemian Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Avraham Broda and his Student, Rabbi Natanael Weil, Author of Korban Nesanel  Standing at...

Finding Our Moral Voice

What do you do when the society in which you live seems to have lost its way? How do you...

Every Page A Story: Touro University Dean Henry Abramson Completes 2,711-Day Talmud History Video Project

A page of the “survivors’ Talmud,” printed in the shadow of the Holocaust in a DP camp from which Dr....

After The Flood

Long ago, in the early days of creation, a lone enigmatic figure lived. Noach surpassed those around him through his...

The Sword Of Methusaleh

Methusaleh is best known for being the person with the longest lifespan explicitly mentioned in the Bible. However, a little-known...

Musings of a Shliach From Montana

There’s a Zusha song, “Don’t Leave Me On My Own,” that really touches my core. Zusha doesn’t generally sing my...

The Ultimate Blessing

For several summers prior to coming to the OU, I would take a break from my normal rabbinic responsibilities to...

Eden Gardens, Orlando Celebrates The Launch Of A New Full-Time Kollel

A new chapter of Torah growth and community development is unfolding in Eden Gardens with the official establishment of the...

AMIT To Honor Visionary Leaders At National Event

(Courtesy of AMIT) Celebrate an evening of inspiration and impact at AMIT Children’s National Event, Sunday, November 9, at the Museum of...

Yeshiva University: Where Exceptional Students Experience Extraordinary Opportunities

This fall, Yeshiva University brought its community together through three powerful events—one commemorating Oct. 7, one confronting a crucial issue...

An Open Letter To “My” Birthright Graduates

By Philip Rosen I write this open letter with great love and concern. I was on the board of Birthright...

Amid War And Uncertainty, The Orthodox Union Brought Over 2,000 Youth To Israel This Summer

JLIC’s Summer in Jerusalem internship and beit midrash program brought 45 college students to Israel this summer. TJJ participants ran...

If You’re Reading This, We Haven’t Yet Been Redeemed

I Think Video Can Make a Huge Impact By David Jasse If you’re reading this, it means we’re still waiting....

The Light That Endures

Ditsa Or’s Unspoken Speech The following text was never read aloud. Ditsa Or prepared it carefully and worked on it...

The Tuition Crisis And The Question We’re Afraid To Ask

By Juda Honickman Every few months, another article or social media post goes viral about the “tuition crisis” in the...

Awakening To What Truly Unites Us

Tishrei is a season of awakening, and a sacred invitation to return. Each year it calls us to prepare our...

“She Watches Over Me, And I Watch Over Her”: How OneFamily Helps Grieving Mothers And Widows Heal Together

A mother-in-law and daughter-in-law bond in the wake of tragedy, healing their shared grief A mother-in-law and daughter-in-law learn new...

Building A New Anglo Community In Jerusalem: Rabbi Korobkin To Lead New Katamon Project

Building A New Anglo Community In Jerusalem: Rabbi Korobkin To Lead New Katamon Project Rabbi N. Daniel Korobkin, senior rabbi...

Nefesh B’Nefesh Opens Residence For National Service Volunteers In The Heart of Jerusalem

Nefesh B’Nefesh celebrated the grand opening of the new Nefesh B’Nefesh Bnot Sherut Bodedot Residence, a state-of-the-art housing complex in...

Pumpkin Spiced Up!

Leaves fluttering and spinning as I walk down the street. Burnt orange and crimson crunching under my feet. The nights...

Pomegranate Hacks

When I was a kid, opening a pomegranate and taking it apart was serious business. We draped ourselves in aprons...

Sweet Or Not: Luscious Wines For A Sweet New Year

A column about recommended wines for Rosh Hashanah should not automatically be about either sweet and/or new wines. It is...

Rosh Hashanah Tapas: Small Bites For A Sweet New Year

When we think of the Jewish New Year, we imagine tasting that first bite of apple dipped in honey. When...

Celebrity Labels And Ancient Vineyards: Kosher Wines With A Story

As the Jewish community worldwide prepares to usher in Rosh Hashanah—the Jewish New Year, observed this year from sunset September...

Five Towns Cooking Demo At ICC Benefits Israeli Farmers in Otef Aza

By Tova Kantrowitz On Tuesday, September 16 at 7:30 p.m., the Israel Chesed Center will host a cooking demonstration featuring Chef Michele...

The Salt Caves At Acuzen Wellness

If you are living in the Five Towns vicinity and have not visited the Salt Caves at AcuZen Wellness, you...

Orthodox Union Unites Bikur Cholim Leaders at First-Ever Nationwide Conference

It spanned just six and a half hours, but for 70 heads of North American Bikur Cholim organizations, the Orthodox...

MedEx Launches In Australia With First-Ever Events in Sydney and Melbourne

Over 100 Physicians Attend MedEx Australia Events as Israel Expands Global Effort to Recruit Medical Professionals In a landmark step...

The Temporary Becomes Permanent: Lessons From The Sukkah

B. Aviva Preminger, MD, MPH, FACS Every year as Sukkot arrives, I am struck by the paradox of the sukkah. On...

Serenity Now

Top 5 I am frequently asked what some of the top things are that acupuncture can treat. Acupuncture utilizes your...

Nearing Its 50th Year, Laniado Hospital Looks Back On A Lifesaving Legacy

Approaching its 50th anniversary, Laniado Hospital – Sanz Medical Center reflects on five decades of compassionate, Torah-rooted care. Founded by...