Torah May 11, 2026

Yom Yerushalayim: A City the World Cannot Ignore

In Moreh Nevuchim (3:45), the Rambam addresses the striking absence of Yerushalayim from the Torah. Though Tanach later overflows with references to the city, the Torah...

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Torah May 11, 2026

How Yom Yerushalayim Prepares Us For Shavuot

Hashem orchestrated the liberation of Yerushalayim so that Yom Yerushalayim would fall on the 28th of Iyar, precisely one week before Shavuot. Similarly, Yom HaAtzmaut aligns...

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Uncategorized 5TJT Podcast May 6, 2026

Between the Lines – Altchie Pelcovitz – May 6, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IoLqufkwvE

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From the Editor May 6, 2026

Vote Forman-Mansdorf On May 19

Dr. Asher Mansdorf Murray Forman Once again, it’s time to vote for trustees of the Lawrence Union Free School District...

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From the Editor May 6, 2026

Meeting Elise Stefanik

Next week over one thousand members of NORPAC will be traveling to Washington, DC to meet with lawmakers and thank...

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Torah May 6, 2026

The Megaleh Amukot: The Life and Works of Rabbi Nosson Nota Shapiro of Cracow

Rabbi Nosson Nota (ben Shlomo) Shapiro was born in 1585 into one of the most prominent rabbinic families in Europe....

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Heard In The Bagel Store May 6, 2026

Make Me A Match

We’ve been focused on trying to make shidduchim for many years. After last week’s tribute to three young men who tragically passed...

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Advice May 6, 2026

A No-Holds-Barred Talk About GLP-1

Everywhere we turn lately, people are talking about going on GLP-1s (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound) as a form of weight...

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News & Politics May 6, 2026

Germany’s Secret History Of Nuclear Assistance To Iran

One can only imagine the anxiety and stress everyone would have felt if a warning blast coincided with the memorial...

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Inside Out May 6, 2026

Kavod

The Gemara in Yevamos teaches that Rabbi Akiva had twelve thousand pairs of students stretching from Giv’as to Antifras, and they all perished during...

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Torah May 6, 2026

Behar-Bechukosai: Komemiyus!

A revolutionary educator and builder of Torah, the famed Alter of Slabodka, Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, zt’l, reoriented the focus of avodas...

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Real Estate May 6, 2026

The Tradeoffs Passive Real Estate Investors Overlook

We’ve all been there. You’re at a kiddush or a simcha and someone pulls you aside to tell you about this great real estate...

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Torah May 6, 2026

Are You Trying To Inspire… But Pushing People Away?

A man once tried to convince his friend to start exercising. Every time they met, he’d shake his head: “You...

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Letters to the Editor May 6, 2026

Letters to the Editor

All We Have Left Are the Memories Dear Editor, Time waits for no one. Zev, a’h, is buried in Israel at...

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News & Politics May 6, 2026

Jewish American Heritage Month Proclamation

By The President Of The United States Of America This Jewish American Heritage Month, we honor the countless contributions of...

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News & Politics May 6, 2026

EL AL Inaugurates The World’s Largest And Most Advanced Kosher Inflight Catering Facility

Today, a new inflight catering facility operated by TAMAM (Taasiyot Mazon Matosim), a member of the EL AL Group, was...

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Torah May 4, 2026

Our Eternal Ancestral Heritage, Our Home

This week’s Torah portions (parshiot), the third and final “double parshiot,” of Sefer Vayikra is Behar-Bechukotai. Being in the Land of Israel, I’d like...

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Torah May 4, 2026

Reb Leib’s Shabbat HaGadol Sermon

By Nissan Gordon Suddenly, in the middle of his speech, he broke off. After a short pause of a few...

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