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The image on the cover of Prime newsmagazine generally reflects the most important or compelling feature inside that issue. This in turn may cause some readers to wonder why we…
Wednesday, January 6, 2021. It will certainly be one of those days people will remember the rest of their lives. Where they were and what they were doing when they…
For the many of us who have closely followed the long and anguished saga of Jonathan Pollard, word that, at long last, Jonathan and his wife Esther had arrived in…
For centuries, members of the British Parliament were divided into three groups or “estates”: the nobility, the clergy and the commoners. A fourth group — the members of the press…
The decision by the European Union’s highest court to uphold a de facto ban on shechitah in most of Belgium is only the latest chapter in a dark and disturbing…
During the pandemic, the country has been occupied, and rightly so, with the special risks and needs of certain groups, such as medical workers, the elderly, the unemployed and minorities,…
In Parashas Miketz, Yosef Hatzaddik is given an opportunity to free himself from captivity by using his unique ability to interpret dreams for Pharaoh himself. With so much on the…
The Yom Tov of Chanukah is a time of great joy for Klal Yisrael as we celebrate the miracles merited by the Chashmona’im. While more than 2,000 years have passed…
Is a rule designed to end discrimination against religious groups serving the general public automatically discriminatory against people who don’t belong to those religious groups? That is the question underlying…
I vividly remember sitting on a plane some 25 years ago and being handed a copy of USA Today. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed an article…
It is in times of trouble and stress when the souls of men are tested and their real self is discovered, and it is at a time of national emergency…
I vividly recall the day over thirty years ago when I was invited to a meeting at the home of the Klein family in Flatbush to meet with Professor Morris…
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…
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,”…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
After each shofar blast, we say “Hayom haras olam, hayom yaamid bamishpat kol yetzurei olamim — today is the day of the word’s creation, today all of the world’s creations…