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Page 3: From the Editor

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

From the Editor November 5, 2025

A Hero Of Israel

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