News & Politics December 9, 2025

Bruce Blakeman Announces Run For Governor: A Plan to Put New York First With Real Affordability, Real Safety, and Real Leadership

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman formally launched his candidacy for Governor of New York, unveiling a bold, common-sense agenda built...

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Real Estate December 9, 2025

Life In A Medieval Castle

This week I thought I’d write about how people lived during Medieval times, and how castles were managed and how...

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Torah December 9, 2025

Chanukah: With Eyes To See

The heilige Ribnitzer Rebbe, Reb Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz, zt’l, was an extraordinary tzaddik and a legendary ba’al avodah, renowned for his sacrifices for Yiddishkeit, personal holiness, and...

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Community December 9, 2025

Shloime And Libby Dachs Receive “Rabbeinu Moshe Feinstein Award,” At 119th Dinner For MTJ

Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem (MTJ)-Yeshiva of Staten Island bestowed the “Rabbeinu Moshe Feinstein Award,” on Shloime and Libby Dachs at the...

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Food December 8, 2025

Lots of Love & Latkes!

Nothing compares to a fresh latke right from the pan: crisp and lacey, craggy fried threads of potato so good...

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Home December 8, 2025

Taaseh And Lo Taaseh: The Positive And Negative Commandments Of Being A Mom On A Passover Program

By Evey Joseph Leibow  As a mom, as soon as you realize you’re going on a Passover program, it’s almost...

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Torah December 8, 2025

Vayeishev: Leadership ≠ Influence

The earliest chapters of Jewish history unfold as intimate family stories. Avraham nurtured a household of faith, a small circle...

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Torah December 8, 2025

Save Me From Pegah Rah

Last night, I was on a panel of skilled mental health professionals discussing the nature of trauma. Much discussion and...

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Torah December 8, 2025

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana

Rabbi Chaim Bruk with Rabbi Yossy Goldman of Johannesburg, South Africa Montana State college students at a pre-Chanukah doughnut making...

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Torah December 8, 2025

Satmar Rebbe In Israel And The Daf

By Rabbi Aaron I. Reichel, Esq. Spoiler alert: Notwithstanding the title of this article, although the Satmar Rebbe did indeed...

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Torah December 8, 2025

Vayeshev: The Amazing Multi-Named Joseph

By Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein  Jacob’s penultimate son was born to him by his beloved wife Rachel after many years...

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Torah December 8, 2025

The Few

Israel and the Jewish people are outnumbered on every front: on the battlefields, in international forums, and on social media....

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Torah December 8, 2025

Character Is Higher Than Intellect

From the archives: This article, published on December 7,2023, was written a few days after Rabbi Hauer testified to Congress...

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Uncategorized December 7, 2025

***STATEMENT***

Council Member Gennaro’s Rebuttal of Pope Leo’s Recent Call for a Two-State Solution for the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict “As an observant...

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Inside Out December 3, 2025

Unearthing A Deeper Light

By Yochanan Gordon There are paradoxical properties to the time of year we now find ourselves in. Our feeble human...

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From the Editor December 3, 2025

More On Mamdani

Last week on our new 5TJT Podcast [YouTube.com/@5tjtstories262/featured], we spoke with Rabbi Marc Schneier of the Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, New...

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From the Editor December 3, 2025

An Ongoing Struggle

In this week’s Torah portion, we read about the historical wrestling match between Yaakov Avinu, our forefather, and the Angel...

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Heard In The Bagel Store December 3, 2025

Help Wanted

Somewhere out there my name is on a list that gets passed around, especially among people from Eretz Yisrael who travel to...

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