Home At Last: The 11-Year Journey To Bring Lt. Hadar Goldin Back To Israel
A Story of Faith, Persistence, and the Queens Activists Who Refused to Let His Memory Fade For 4,118 nights and days, the image of Lt. Hadar Goldin...
Curtis Sliwa Visits the Ohel Ahead of Election Day: A Night of Prayer, Reflection, and Connection
After a long day crisscrossing the five boroughs, mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa made a late-night stop at one of New York’s most sacred sites — the...
On The Ballot: Citywide, County, And Town Races
Early voting across New York State begins this Shabbos, continuing until November 2, with the last day to vote on November 4. The top contest on the...
The 1932 Election
For those who expected me to talk about the consequential 1932 presidential election between then-President Herbert Hoover and the Democratic...
Why Sholom Bayis Is Hard
From time to time, I write an article about sholom bayis issues. Not because I have answers. Far from it. I have only ever been married to one...
Style & Living
A Cart With A Heart
Carts are the latest craze here in Israel. First came the coffee carts. Israelis take their coffee very seriously. While they’ve existed for years,...
Dancing With The Torah In Tel Aviv
Secular? Yes. Anti-religious? Some, I’m sure. But that would not describe any of the people my husband and I met over Yom Tov. And we met many. As...
Sukkos In The Shadow Of The Hostages
It’s been a whirlwind — Sukkos preparations carried on with the hum of a possible hostage deal in the background. We shopped, cooked, built, and...
Torah
A Journey Of Faith And Family
Raised in Brooklyn, Rochel grew up appreciating that she was Jewish, and that was about it. Her only connection to Orthodox Judaism came through...
The Dust Of Their Feet
Chazal teach: “Hovei mis’avek b’afar ragleihem” (Avos 1:4) — Attach yourself to the dust of the feet of Talmidei Chachamim.
Finding Faith In The Rubble
Soon after the one-year commemoration of the deadly October 7 attacks in Israel, one man conducted 38 interviews focusing on the rebuilding efforts...
