Mourning the Skulener Rebbe, Rav Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, zt”l
Together with klal Yisrael we mourn the petirah of the Skulener Rebbe, Rav Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, zt”l, the great tzaddik and kadosh who was...
The Rav of the City of Torah // Remembering Rav Moshe...
Approximately one year ago, on an unusually hot Israeli summer day, a car entered a path leading into a settlement in the Beit Shemesh...
Israel vs. Hamas Q and A with Lt. Col. Yoni Chetboun
On Monday, a Gazan missile was shot into Israel, hitting a house in the town of Mishmeret and injuring seven people, including two children...
Saving Moishy // She would do anything to spring her beloved...
Moishy, my next to youngest child, was on a flight from Israel, with a four-hour stopover in Istanbul. He’d just completed the zman and...
CAIR and Betrayal in the FBI // How the Muslim Brotherhood...
The young FBI agent was obviously distressed as he sat in my law office. Even his FBI-style-approved suit was wrinkled. “I love the FBI....
Bridging the Sephardic Ashkenazi Divide // A conversation with Yehuda Azoulay,...
An American poet once said: “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”...
My Grandfather’s Library // Returning looted property to its rightful owner
My family’s home in Modi’in contains a library of very old sefarim, its shelves filled with worn and delicate manuscripts. There are ancient sefarim...
Shabbos of Peace // Passions are high in the northern city...
As winter rains flow from Tel Dan and the Banias to fill Lake Kinneret, this abundant water has special meaning for Teverya’s burgeoning Torah...
A Man of Many Hats // Meet Rabbi Avraham Gislason, a...
Having grown up in Toronto, I am quite familiar with its frum community. All of us Torontonians know each other, and there’s a nice...
Hashem’s Hidden Hand // I’d never attended an auction before
Purim is a time to reflect on the miracles we experienced as a nation and also as individuals. I’d like to share one such...
