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From the Editor February 4, 2026
Needed: Routine Miracles
It’s not too far back to recall that the whole idea of Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential election and...
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From the Editor January 28, 2026
Meeting Eli Sharabi
We’ve all read and heard the stories. But until you meet a hostage and hear their story up close, as...
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From the Editor January 28, 2026
Trump’s Next Move
It’s starting to look like making peace is a lot more difficult and complex than making war. Over the last...
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From the Editor January 21, 2026
Josh and Joe and Doug
In his new book, released this week, “Where We Keep the Light: Stories from a Life of Service,” Pennsylvania Governor...
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From the Editor January 21, 2026
Phase Two
The world looks like quite a mess, at least for now. President Trump seems determined to put it all back...
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From the Editor January 14, 2026
Maimonides Hospital’s Worst Day
Is it possible that the medical services that Maimonides Medical Center provides the community can get worse? With Maimonides’ executive...
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From the Editor January 14, 2026
That Burning Bush
Sometimes it feels like the uptick in antisemitic and anti-Jewish attacks is concentrated in the Northeast, especially in the New...
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From the Editor January 7, 2026
Mamdani
Perhaps you don’t realize it, but it’s a good thing when an elected leader like Zohran Mamdani says it loud...
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From the Editor January 1, 2026
A Community Fraud Revisited
It’s been a long-drawn-out saga for literally hundreds of people who invested small, medium, and large sums of money with...
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From the Editor December 24, 2025
Left, Right, Wrong
There’s a great global debate that has burst into the open these past few weeks, and wouldn’t you know it,...
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From the Editor December 17, 2025
ZAKA Response In Sydney
In response to the Australia killings in Sydney, a team of ZAKA volunteers flew out of Israel on Sunday to assist the...
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From the Editor December 17, 2025
Responsibility For Each Other
On Sunday morning we awoke to the horrible news of an attack targeting Jews in Sydney, Australia. The focus was...
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From the Editor December 10, 2025
Three People
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner Credit Shurit Hadin This is about three people whom I’ve had the opportunity to talk to over the...
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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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From the Editor November 26, 2025
A Night With ZAKA
It was a great night in Newark, New Jersey, an evening to benefit the remarkable volunteers of ZAKA, which include...
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From the Editor November 19, 2025
Israel Versus Israel
At the conclusion of any future investigation that may be held, the findings will most likely determine that the problem...
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From the Editor November 12, 2025
Schumer’s Purim
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries It’s a Purim story early in the season. Senator Chuck Schumer, who knows next to nothing about...
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