Israel July 9, 2025

Despite Recent 12-Day War With Iran, Nefesh B’Nefesh Expects 2,000 North American Olim During 2025 Summer Season

Despite Recent 12-Day War With Iran, Nefesh B’Nefesh Expects 2,000 North American Olim During 2025 Summer Season Thousands of newcomers...

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Torah July 7, 2025

Nelech

Ohr Torah Stone Launches “Nelech”: Transformative, Immersive Israel Experience For Modern Orthodox 10th Graders Launching in January 2026, the program...

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Real Estate July 7, 2025

Don’t Bypass The Railings!

I regularly drive around different sections of town to see what homeowners are doing to spice up their homes. Now,...

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Letters to the Editor July 7, 2025

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...

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Torah July 7, 2025

Seeing The End From The Beginning

Bilaam, the famed prophet, was summoned to cast a supernatural curse upon our people in a desperate attempt to halt...

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Torah July 7, 2025

Name, Rank, And Serious Numbers

As rav of my minyan, I stand at my shtender during the reading of the Torah on Shabbos. This past Shabbos, something the gabbai said upon calling...

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Advice Dating July 7, 2025

DATING FORUM

Question My story is going to shock you because it’s highly unusual for something like this to happen for a...

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Torah July 7, 2025

The Cry Of Hope: Rebuilding Begins With Yearning

By Rabbi Benny Berlin We find ourselves at the beginning of the Three Weeks, a time that calls us to...

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Torah July 7, 2025

Key To Redemption

The gaon Rav Yaakov Moshe Charlap was a fiery eved Hashem, a brilliant talmid chacham, posek, and Kabbalist. He was the author of numerous volumes of Sefer Mei Marom,...

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Torah July 7, 2025

The Big Picture: Our Mission To The World

As human beings we are responsible for more than just our own personal development. We are also tasked with sustaining...

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Torah July 7, 2025

Balak: An Asinine Essay

Part 1 The famous scene of Balaam and his talking donkey serves as our springboard for a discussion about various...

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From the Editor July 3, 2025

Two States

By Larry Gordon The misunderstanding that spilled out of the news cycle last week was that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...

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Inside Out July 3, 2025

Understanding Khamenei

By Yochanan Gordon A joke is told about a reckless repeat offender who was constantly pulled over for endangering others...

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From the Editor Heard In The Bagel Store July 3, 2025

Golf, Tefillin, Boca

The headline could be part of the question: Which one of these things does not belong? Actually, it’s a complicated but at...

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Torah July 3, 2025

The Biale Rebbe of Bnei Brak In The Five Towns

The residents of the Five Towns are already filled with excitement—the Rebbe, shlita, has come again. Upon the Rebbe’s arrival, hundreds...

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Words of Wisdom July 3, 2025

Visiting Day: Survivor—Catskills Edition

Visiting Day: Survivor—Catskills Edition By Malkie Gordon Hirsch Magence  I don’t know about you, but my kids’ summer plans are...

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News & Politics July 2, 2025

Nassau County Comptroller

There’s a fiscal crisis unfolding in New York—and it’s emptying the pockets of Nassau County residents. Medicaid is consuming a...

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Torah July 2, 2025

A Jew Is Never Stuck

By Sivan Rahav Meir “A Jew is never stuck.” I was very moved to hear this statement from young American...

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