Speaking Up about Anti-Semitism at Harvard

Last Thursday, Orthodox Jewish student Shabbos Kestenbaum implored lawmakers in a hearing on Capitol Hill to hold universities accountable for enabling anti-Semitism on their...

In the Jaws of Hezbollah

According to the GPS in our vehicle, we are currently in the Dahiya neighborhood in western Beirut. The software seems to have a mind...

Fighting for Focus at Fabuwood // Joel Epstein, the CEO of...

A recent article published in The Washington Post bore the headline “What the Pentagon Has Learned From Two Years of War in Ukraine,” promising...

Flaco and Freedom // Seeing birdiness as a “hero’s journey”...

Can you remember the last time a consumer of rats merited an obituary in The New York Times? Me neither. But the recent demise...

Educate a Child According to His Way // Rabbi Yeshayahu...

There are few topics that elicit as much passion as chinuch. Whether you’re a parent, student, teacher or rebbi, everyone has an opinion, and...

A Holocaust Hero Under Attack

In recent years, the late Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara has been widely honored for helping to save thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, including...

Miles Berger // Berger Organization

Miles (Mordechai Pinchas) Berger is the chairman and CEO of the Berger Organization, overseeing the company’s large real estate portfolio in both the commercial...

For Whom Mr. Bell Tolls // One squad member’s woes are...

It would be premature to eulogize the influence of the “Squad,” the cohort of Congressional “progressives” (scare quotes because progress is in the eyes...

Reassessing Israel’s Precarious Relationship with the Biden Administration // A...

The last time we spoke was right after the October 7 atrocities, and you were pretty pleased with President Biden’s response. Have things changed...

You have questions—Lunchbreak interviewees give answers

From time to time, I receive questions from the readers of the Lunchbreak column about their business, asking to share advice from others who...

Cartoons, Canards and Poison Programs // Welcome to the world of...

Covered in blood, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is eating a child. That succinctly describes a cartoon published by a Libyan news organization on this...

Argentine President Comes to Israel “to Say Thank You” // Rabbi...

Javier Milei, recently elected president of Argentina, a country of close to 46 million people, is undoubtedly a phenomenon in international politics. His trip...

A Chasidishe Non-Jew // My interactions and impressions of...

On September 10, 2023, a week before Rosh Hashanah, I got a call from Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky asking me to meet with this underdog...

Leon Cooperman // Omega Advisors

There is increasing alarm at the rising trend of anti-Semitism among the elite universities in America. A growing number of blatantly anti-Semitic groups have...

Lonely voice in a nasty jungle // No, we don’t eat...

It was 1967 and nine-year-old Bassem, a Yerushalayim-born Arab, was visiting his aunt’s one-room apartment in the Old City. The aunt’s radio was broadcasting news...

Combining Halacha, Chasidus and the Practice of Medicine // Dr. Yehuda...

After pursuing his lifelong dream of becoming a doctor, Yehuda Sabiner, an ardent Gerrer chasid and resident of Bnei Brak, made history when he...

Unlocking Autism // Developments in the Field Bring hope to Families

Professor Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown Explains How Changing the Microbiome Can Help People with Autism  The quest to treat autism isn’t limited to a study of the...

Marc Zimmet // Zimmet Healthcare Services Group

The nursing home industry is part of the senior care business boom in our economy; many people in the community are involved in this...

Reactive Devaluation // Black and White is for Cookies

A popular political game these days is something I call “Black and White”—where one political party or label or movement is a knight in...

Through Reason and Niggun // A conversation with the renowned mechanech...

A widely respected mechanech and mashpia, Rabbi Pinchas Breier is the son of noted Belzer composer Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Breier, who also serves as...