It’s A Package Deal
By Shira Yael Klein
Beitar Illit
While I was a seminary student here in Eretz Yisrael, it became increasingly clear to me that I wanted to live here, so I kept...
The Soul Of Breaking News
I believe that breaking news used to be a thing. Anyone who grew up before the era of smartphones with alerts that introduce every story with the words “breaking...
From Moshe To Moshe—I Will Be With You
By Malkie Hirsch
As we sat down for dinner tonight, the six of us eating and chitchatting about various topics, a thought of doing this family thing by ourselves without...
Breaking News Habit
It is difficult but necessary. I’m trying to reduce the amount of news that I consume because, for now anyway, I’m weary and need a break.
I think I’m slowly...
Opinion: Trump’s Lies Will Make Defending Israel Harder Than Ever
By DAVID MEYERS
(JTA) — President-elect Joe Biden won the 2020 election. This fact is indisputable, and has been reported as such by Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post — some...
Ivanka Trump in the News and Halachah
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Recently, some Jewish websites and print publications published a rewrite of a Vanity Fair piece on Ivanka Trump. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency's piece was penned by...
Yochanan Gordon: The Soul of America
We have weekly article deadlines, and I haven’t been all that good in honoring them lately. However, as much as I tried to write my reflections ahead of time...
Yochanan Gordon: The Mask in My Pocket
Over the last couple of weeks I have written about teshuvah and our overall preparation for the Yomim Nora’im in the context of song. It occurred to me that,...
War Of Words In Israel: Are ‘Annex,’ ‘Occupier’ Right Terms?
By Scott Feltman
Questions of “annexation” have taken center-stage lately. Since the revealing of President Donald Trump’s Peace Plan, pundits and politicians have been asking: Should Israel annex “Area C,”...
The Mask In My Pocket
By Yochanan Gordon
Over the last couple of weeks I have written about teshuvah and our overall preparation for the Yomim Nora’im in the context of song. It occurred to...
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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...