Opinion

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com The following is a four-part story.  The last part is well-known, and was rekindled recently in a remarkable Shabbos morning drasha recently given by...

I feel like I need to say upfront that I have nothing against the environment. Well, I do have things against certain environments, but nothing against the overall one....

 At around 3:00 p.m. on Purim day, a few hours after closing on our new center, as I was driving around town with four of our kids delivering mishloach...

By Yochanan Gordon It’s not often that Purim falls out on a Friday. And although it was cause for some anxiety, with having to prepare and balance the Purim and...

By Elisheva Liss, LMFT I saw something this week that warmed my heart. And that thing is a Google doc. When I was a teen, I attended a Modern Orthodox girls’...

Dear Honorable Senator Charles Schumer, I hope this letter finds you well.  It discusses a unique opportunity. It is an opportunity to honor the greatest flag the world has ever...

By Moshe Phillips Why are some right-of-center Jewish groups finding it so difficult to publicly condemn anti-Semitic congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene? A few, such as the Republican Jewish Coalition and the...

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Today is the 138th Yartzeit of Rav Yisroel Salanter zt”l, founder of the Mussar Movement.  It is unfortunate, however, that many people are not...

BY SHIRA HANAU AND BEN HARRIS Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, the scion of multiple Hasidic dynasties, author of more than 60 books, and a physician who became a leading...