When I arrive at the apartment of Rav Avraham Salim, he opens the door himself. The rav is 88 years old, the rosh yeshivah of...

The SUV pulled up a few minutes early. The driver climbed out, lifted the stroller into the trunk, buckled the car seats into place,...

I was born and raised in Williamsburg. I’m one of six children, two brothers and three sisters. I learned in Satmar cheder and Satmar...

Israel needs to preserve its dignity Has Mike Huckabee, who has called attacks on Arabs in Yehudah and Shomron “Jewish terrorism,” thrown Israel under the...

A Visit with Rav Mordechai Shmuel Edelstein, Rav of the Naavat Yosef neighborhood in Bnei Brak This summer, I had the privilege of meeting with...

Reflecting on the extraordinary meeting between the gedolim and President Trump in the Oval Office, and on how it came about It’s always challenging to...

The business of lobbying I was born and raised in Boro Park. I started off in a yeshivah called Bais Yehuda, which doesn’t exist anymore....

A public servant publicly reveals her ignorance It was well-timed and probably planned, but it was shockingly ill-conceived, and that’s an understatement. “It” was a speech...

A conversation with noted Bnei Brak askan Reb Motke Blau Rabbi Mordechai (“Motke”) Blau is one of the more recognizable public figures in Israel’s chareidi...

The lions and wildebeest were spectacular, but the greatest surprises of my Kenyan journey were the Jewish ones Nairobi: A City of Humanity That’s what...

Chaim Rosenblatt: P3 Properties; World of Blue I was born in 1984 and grew up in Flatbush as the middle child of seven siblings. My...

“Meaning” is a feature, not a bug “If you call a dog’s tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?” Abraham Lincoln is said...

Michael Ratney spent 34 years in the US Foreign Service, serving in some of the Middle East’s most consequential diplomatic posts. His career included...

It happened shortly after the fighting began and we entered northern Gaza. I was a battalion doctor with the Givati Reconnaissance Unit. We entered...

"If we leave, who will remain to safeguard the Jewish remnants of Iraq?” Benjamin Elias asks. “Our Jewish community here was once so magnificent....