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By Mendi Glik
There are not many online stores where you can buy hi-fi lossless music, or at least music in CD quality. While they do sell Jewish music, the selection is not that good.
The Horowitz camp says the founder is irreplaceable. The old Silicon Valley camp says he is the person most likely to be replaced the moment things go well.
Being divorced is a fact about your life, not a complete description of who you are. It does not automatically tell anyone whether you are kind, emotionally healthy, responsible, thoughtful, or capable of being a wonderful spouse.
By late 1899, the Affair was no longer the explosive revelation it had been in 1898, when Zola’s J’Accuse tore through French political life, but it had not yet settled into the formal closure of Alfred’s partial rehabilitation and eventual full exoneration in 1906.
It’s clear you need a better understanding before telling your parents to avoid annuities altogether. Blanket statements like “annuities are always bad” can lead to poor decisions and may ultimately hurt them.
In Hebrew, z’man feels different. It's not just about the hour. It's about what makes that moment meaningful.
By Solly Hess
When I choose to actively participate, I become part of something much greater. A chag is something that happens. A z’man is something we have the opportunity to experience.
In between these regular z’manim, we have vacations called Bein HaZmanim from Yom Kippur until the end of Tishrei, the entire month of Nisan and from Tisha B’Av until Rosh Chodesh Elul.
We just read in Koheles that there is a time for everything and it is our yearly reminder to be present and mindful during the full range of experiences we have throughout the year. However, the question is really if there is enough time for everything. With this question, I’m reminded of the student who […]
The funny thing is that virtually all of us keep Rabbeinu Tam. Many of us just don’t realize it.
The identification of these leaves with the Modlin discussion is supported by a direct textual correspondence with the printed responsa.
By Arnold Fine
In our day, who knew from blintzes with fruit filling? We were Litvaks, so in our house Mama made cheese blintzes with pepper and salt in the pot cheese.
She ignored her gut and backed off, trusting implicitly that the two most important adults in her life wanted only the best for her. Too young, too unsure of herself, she let them convince her they knew better than her what she needed.
The irony is that it is usually the “satisfiers” who are happier with their decision. While they make the decision quickly and with little effort, they are satisfied with the results. The maximizers who spend so much time on the decision before are often less happy with the results.
For Jewish New Yorkers, the election is a chance to examine what each candidate proposes to do about the issues that affect their families, institutions, and communities.
When a marriage ends after a short time, there can be a unique kind of pain. There is the grief of what was lost, but also the grief of what never had the chance to be.
Double Triangle Foundation is that rare organization where every penny goes directly for the purpose it was created for.
When we try to suggest shidduchim between our grandchildren and the grandchildren of our friends, we are often told not to get involved because the shidduch world has changed and things are done differently today. We understand that times have changed, but we wonder whether we have lost something valuable along the way.
Ben-Gurion was sixty-one when he declared the State of Israel. At the age most people retire, he started the job he is remembered for.
The textual history of the Ramban’s commentary is particularly relevant to the evaluation of this manuscript.
First‑year associates at top firms now start at $235,000. While those are impressive numbers, a big paycheck does not make you wealthy. What you keep, protect, and invest does.
Laskov’s life also illuminates a broader story that runs through twentieth-century Jewish history: the transformation of vulnerable Jewish minorities in Eastern Europe into a technologically sophisticated sovereign state capable of not merely defending itself but also of reshaping the modern battlefield.
By Mendi Glik
Although the songs are performed by male vocalists, you can easily sense that they were composed by a woman, even without being told. From the first song to the last, the album has a very calm and relaxing ambience.
By Martin Bodek
This word tried its best to make it into culturespeak via Mike Myers's Linda Richman “Saturday Night Live” skits, but I've never heard it spoken by someone in the general culture. It's a fit word, a useful and worthy word. Its day will come.
Everyone was effusive in their praise, which was well deserved. But I, his grandmother, was in awe and totally overcome with raw emotion – I was verklempt...
My sister and I would talk like Linda and record messages on our family's answering machine (am I dating myself?).
Verklempt is one of those words that conveys an emotion perfectly. It describes being so overcome with feeling that you become choked up and unable to speak.
When somebody who doesn’t exactly give me the warm and fuzzies about Jews, Israel, etc., cozily employs a Yiddish phrase, it ruins it for me. The word, I mean.
Real estate can help through rising rents and property values. It is a tangible asset, sensitive to interest rates, but comes with meaningful costs.
By Ellie Azerad
My default Shabbos prep is super easy and simple while still being delicious, plentiful, and yummy. Something I can do every single week easily. I built my Shabbos prep around one question: How quickly can I get out of the kitchen? I make these desserts and sides in this order so I don’t have to […]
These double-chocolate, chocolate chip cookies are unapologetically chocolatey. But with one little addition they become the perfect “after-dinner mint” in cookie form. The dough needs to chill for two to three hours, but you can make it ahead of time and refrigerate overnight. It’s worth it! Yields: 20-22 cookies Ingredients Directions Prepare the Dough Bake
Chani was the first in the family to acknowledge the wisdom of renting out their home, and was more willing than the others to bite the bullet and do whatever was necessary to keep them afloat.
When you enter shidduchim, you imagine that you are dating with the goal of building a home and starting a life with someone. You never expect to find yourself back at square one, especially after having already stood under the chuppah.
What makes this manuscript particularly significant is the relative rarity of such material in the surviving writings of the Sefas Emes.
I present you with this research data not because it’s interesting or cute, but so that you will fully appreciate the significance of the power of peer pressure.
Baruch Hashem, her husband is a very successful businessman and is extremely generous financially, both to his own family and to ours. We are financially comfortable ourselves and certainly do not need his money, but his generosity has made some family members hesitant to establish boundaries because they feel uncomfortable appearing ungrateful.
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By Irwin Cohen
The gleaming silver bridge, named after the great Detroit hockey star, shortens the drive to Toronto. It took the girls an hour and a half to walk to the Canadian side, get their passports stamped, and return.
...the volume explores personalities, movements, controversies, and ideas from across Jewish history through the lens of the weekly parsha. The result is a work that is both ambitious, but also surprisingly accessible.
By Ita Yankovich and Ziona Greenwald
Shinkle, a Manhattan native, says she has no choice: “I will not leave the future of the center of Western Civilization, New York City, in the hands of incompetent hacks.”
By Mendi Glik
There are still a good few weeks until we start preparing for the next holiday, which is Chanukah. But we have the whole month of Cheshvan to get through, so this is the perfect time to review some new music releases and bring back some excitement to our lives.
In some of his speeches, Washington suggested that Jewish history offered lessons in endurance, literacy, and collective memory and he viewed Jewish survival across centuries of exile and persecution as historically extraordinary. This admiration occasionally shaded into idealization and he sometimes described Jews as a model “minority” before that phrase even existed.
Of course, the Hebrew word "Mar" also means "bitter." It is often assumed – and I was always taught – that the name of the month is "Cheshvan," and the "Mar" is added because Cheshvan has no holidays, thus embittering it.
In Cheshvan, due to the lack of holidays, Shabbos just feels more special.
Mar Cheshvan, for many of us, represents the first time since June that we have a fairly uninterrupted span of time when the children are in their own schedules, which, as we know, is so necessary for their development (and some structure at home).
For someone who appreciates the daily routines and clear expectations of everyday life, Mar Cheshvan is a bit of a relief.
Mar means bitter. Bitter Cheshvan. But I feel it’s not deserving of the reputation of being bitter just because it has no holy days nor holidays with special davening, atypical foods and partying with family and friends.
Whatever one thinks of Nixon's politics, his diagnosis is correct. Endless leisure is not a reward. For most people, it is a slow drain.
This stunning hasselback butternut squash is brushed with a sweet honey-garlic glaze, then finished with crunchy almonds and fresh thyme for a beautifully caramelized side dish. Ingredients Squash Glaze Directions Bake the Squash Add the Glaze and Garnish To Finish Note: Baking times can vary depending on the size and thickness of your squash. The […]
Family accountant Izzy had the idea that the Elmans should move to a smaller place and rent out their house to catch up on their debts.
We often hear about enormous organizations and the impressive individuals who created them. As those organizations become more successful, their founders can sometimes appear distant or unreachable. Eli Beer is exactly the opposite.
“The power of resistance which has enabled the Jewish people to survive for thousands of years has been based to a large extent on traditions of mutual helpfulness,” Einstein wrote, placing the refugee crisis within the much longer sweep of Jewish history.
The modern practice involves clearing the notes twice annually, typically before Passover and before the High Holy Days, a schedule that reflects both practical considerations, including making space for the influx of pilgrims during major festivals, and symbolic ones, as these periods are associated with renewal, repentance, and communal prayer.
By Marc Gronich
“His pride and joy remain his school, Shabbos House, and the extended Chabad Houses within the Capital District,” Rabbi Bomzer continued. “I have lost a dear confidante, mentor, and friend, and his loss will be felt by all for many years to come.”
My life may not be following the timeline I imagined, but that does not mean it is going in the wrong direction.
Raytheon-Rafael facility in Arkansas delivers its first fully American-made Tamir interceptor to the Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO), within the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) of the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD), as part of the cooperative U.S.-Israel program for the defense of Israel. At a ceremony held at the Raytheon-Rafael Area Protection […]
By Hillel Fuld
We famously refer to G-d as our father and our king, two identities that are usually somewhat mutually exclusive.
There is only one King in this world. Hashem is the King. He was, He is, and He will always be.
...we are to spend time reflecting on our relationship with G-d on an individual, communal and national level in order for the notion of Divine authority and leadership to be both real and advantageous to us.
I was so focused on what I owed the King that I never stopped to consider what the King owed me.
By Keshet Starr
Accepting a higher authority is not easy or comfortable – or fashionable. But without the ability to accept that what we want to do sometimes has to give way to the right thing to do, we have no hope of living a moral and good life.
In the last three years, Beit Shemesh has lost 31 residents to terrorism: 17 soldiers, 4 people at the Nova festival, and 10 others to missile fire. “I just wanted to do something to be part of it,” Ackerman said.
BROOKLYN, NY — State Senator Sam Sutton and District Leader Joey Saban will be joined by NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin, NYC Comptroller Mark Levine, local elected officials, and community leaders for a press conference calling for the creation of a permanent memorial honoring the victims of the October 7 terrorist attack in Israel.WHEN: Wednesday […]
But that’s just it! he said excitedly. If Velvel can’t change his habits in Brooklyn, let him leave Brooklyn! Listen to me! He should rent out his house and live somewhere else for a while!
October 30, 2026 
