The Music of Eli Marcus // With his smooth, silky voice, Eli...
The Marcus family is obviously quite musical. You’re a very popular singer, and your brothers Shmuly and Bentzion formed the 8th Day band, which...
The Care and Feeding of Empathy // It’s so easy to profess...
I used to pass the fellow each morning as I walked up Broadway in lower Manhattan on my way to work. He would stand...
Helping Older Singles Find Their Bashert // A visit with Rav Chaim...
There is no day in the year that is more mesugal for shidduchim than Yom Kippur.
The Mishnah in Taanis (26b) states: “Rabban Shimon ben...
Living with Awe // A visit with Rav Yudel Bauer, one of...
My earliest memory of Rav Yehuda Bauer, or Rav Yudel, as he is more commonly known, is of him arriving at my brother’s bar...
The Shofar Shoes // Jewish eyes see special things
When, a number of years ago, my dear father, z”l, showed me his new “shofar shoes,” I was reminded of how uniquely Jews steeped...
This Yom Kippur, It’s Your Business
Yom Kippur isn’t considered a time of business, but in reality, there are many tefillos we recite that are about our parnasah and well-being....
This Yom Kippur, It’s Your Business
Yom Kippur isn’t considered a time of business, but in reality, there are many tefillos we recite that are about our parnasah and well-being....
Guiding the Future // Rav Dovid Cohen, Rosh Yeshivas ...
Rechov Habukharim right off Rechov Yechezkel is a long way from Givat Mordechai, where Yeshivas Knesses Yisrael, more commonly known as Yeshivas Chevron, is...
My Mother the Spy // The housewife who spied for Israel...
It was a steamy summer evening in 1961. A light breeze wafted in from the seashore towards the magnificent mansion on Wadi Abu Jamal...
From Gateshead to Texas // Rabbi Moshe Trepp is making...
The small blue house is located on a relatively quiet street in Austin, Texas. It’s quite late on a Friday afternoon, and I’ve just...
