America’s Response to the Holocaust, on Stage & Screen
by Rafael Medoff
(Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of more than 20 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust....
Award-Winning book on Women in the Talmud
By Toby Klein Greenwald
It is no surprise that Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center for Values and Leadership has recently awarded Gila Fine of Jerusalem the Rabbi Sacks...
Book Review: Anchoring Thru Life’s Challenges: Up Close With Psychologist and Author Joy Furer
Joy Furer is on a mission. An eminent school psychologist trained in crisis intervention, she is focused on helping individuals who are experiencing life’s challenges to overcome their seemingly...
The 3 Images—True Stories And Lessons For Introspection
By Toby Klein Greenwald
I need to open with a small disclaimer. I have not really known the author of this book, Rabbi Zev M. Shandalov, as an adult, other...
Book Review: “Together Again” By Rabbi David M. Cohen
By 5TJT Staff
I spent Shabbat reading Rabbi David Cohen’s latest book, “Together Again,” and I’m happy to report it truly transformed my Shabbat.
In his book, Rabbi Cohen takes a...
Professional Organizer Morphs Her Skills Into A Book On Jewish Life
By Toby Klein Greenwald
Some people give tzedakah or sponsor lectures in memory of their loved ones. The more affluent write sifrei Torah or donate rooms, or buildings, or Torah...
Natan Sharansky, Gil Troy Dissect Jewish Oppression and Salvation
On Wednesday, October 14, Touro President Dr. Alan Kadish hosted Natan Sharansky and Dr. Gil Troy in an engaging and eye-opening discussion on the current situation in Israel and...
Jewish Poet Louise Gluck Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
BY GABE FRIEDMAN
(JTA) — Louise Gluck, the American granddaughter of Hungarian Jews, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.
Gluck, 77, was awarded “for her unmistakable poetic voice that...
YU’s Nechama Price Publishes Book Exploring the Twelve Tribes
The Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies for Women at Yeshiva University (GPATS) is proud to announce the publication of "Tribal Blueprints" by Nechama Price, director of GPATS. The...
Shall We Wake the President?: Disaster Management from the Oval Office
Book Review by Michele Justic
In light of the current Coronavirus Crisis, 5TJT is revisiting this book review, modified from the original printed in 2017. Tevi Troy has also published...
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County Executive Bruce Blakeman Launches Re-Election Campaign in Massapequa
By Moshe Hill
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, among the highest-ranking Jewish Republicans in America and the first Jewish Executive in the county’s history, kicked...
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I suffer from bipolar disorder. Baruch Hashem, I am stabilized and take all treatments for my condition with utmost seriousness and no corner cutting....
Restoring Moral Clarity Once Again
The great construction project began. A newly freed nation, emerging from generations of slavery, was now entrusted with the most epic and ambitious building...