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During World War II, an askan in New York expended enormous effort to send matzos to non-religious Jewish soldiers in the American army. After Pesach, he was devastated to learn…
In a world captivated by unfolding political events, it behooves us to reflect on the proper perspective we should have from the viewpoint of Emunas HaTorah. As we say in…
When then-President Obama was running for the presidency, I heard a prominent ehrlicher lawyer say, “If he gets in, I’m moving to Eretz Yisrael.” (Obama did. He didn’t.) Recently, I…
Why are some countries successful at battling the coronavirus and others, like Israel, not? Take Taiwan, for instance. This is a country of 23 million — more than two and…
Yesterday on the way to work I overheard a very cute little girl asking her father a question. “Daddy, is an election like a zoo?” she wanted to know. “Yes,”…
As of this writing, the Republican Party has not suffered permanent damage to its integrity and reputation because of President Donald Trump’s post-election rampaging. This will not be true much…
They are expected to come on Tuesday; sometimes right after midnight, sometimes in the morning. On rare occasions, they first make their appearance Tuesday evening, but by the time we…
Two years after the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history, the Jewish community in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh is planning to commemorate the yahrtzeit of the 11 victims…
There are only two ways to govern — through force or through collaboration. From the settlers’ first cry against taxation without representation, this country has always ruled by the latter.…
During the coronavirus red-zone lockdown in Brooklyn, I bought some items at a store that just narrowly missed being shuttered. The Russian clerk behind the counter griped that he only…
Since when is American policy to be dictated by someone’s dying wish? Only when that someone is a left-wing Supreme Court justice whose policies align with the Democrats in an…
Ask any parent or educator of a child with autism what the most critical component for their development is – the answer will always be stability and consistency. Children with…
“I have met the enemy, and it is us.” This statement was uttered by a cartoon character. Too tragic a truth. This is very timely, especially in Israel. The Midrash…
The increasingly acrimonious public dispute between Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Orthodox Jewish community is something that is worrisome for all parties. A positive working relationship between authorities and the…
Since Judge Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, a great deal of media coverage has focused on her family.…
Although the intermediary days of Chol Hamoed precludes us from mundane writing, an exception is made for tzarchei harabim, communal needs. (Rama, O”C 545:1) The recent events occurring in Orthodox…
Returning from Kol Nidrei and Maariv on Yom Kippur Night, Jews throughout NYC met NYC police officers stationed at the entranceways of our local shuls. As in years past, the…
Some progressives, probably because they assume Democrats are going to control the Senate after the election, are arguing that the filibuster should be abolished. In the words of John Steinbeck,…
These scenes are so common that some version of it has likely happened to — or been observed by — most of our readers. Two acquaintances meet on the street.…
Before Pesach, we clean our homes and destroy or dispose of all of our chametz. Some people take weeks to do it. We clean the kitchen, the bedrooms, the closets,…