Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum

Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum is the author of nine books, including the “Small Miracles” series and “Holy Brother: Inspiring Stories and Enchanted Tales about Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.”

Op-Eds / In Print

When The PC Police Come For Our Books

By Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum

In 1988, The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie's courageous book critical of the life of Islam's prophet Mohammed, won both public acclaim and multiple literary awards in the United Kingdom, including the prestigious Whitebread Award for novel of the year. It was also a finalist for the Booker Prize, the UK's equivalent of America's Pulitzer. Iran's […]

Op-Eds / In Print

I Finally Learned What Causes Black Anti-Semitism

By Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum

Mr. Noel, what is your definition of anti-Semitism?"

Op-Eds / In Print

Is It Time To Bring Back The JDL?

By Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum

Underlying the question "Should we bring back the JDL?" is the presumption that we possess the ability, the power, the wherewithal, and the will to revive the JDL and that anyone can lead it.

Op-Eds

Can Anyone Replace Elie Wiesel?

By Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum

With Mr. Wiesel's tender but powerful voice silenced, whose will be raised with a comparable clarion call for sanity, love, and justice that will be as electrifying and as effective as our own Nobel Laureate's? Mr. Wiesel, you are irreplaceable.

Potpourri / Family

Purim And The Tyranny Of Beauty: A Plea to Mothers of Girls in Shidduchim

By Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum

I know I’m going to be crucified, but if the appeal I make below helps even one girl in shidduchim, then it will be worth all the fury and outrage that shall inevitably descend upon my soon-to-be beleaguered head.