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A wise person doesn’t have to know everything, but they should constantly be learning from everyone, not just from those who they feel are on their own level of learning.
A sober look at all of this suggests that the party may have traded away its most formidable weapon when former Congresswoman Elise Stefanik was induced by President Trump and state party leaders to withdraw from the race to prevent a bruising primary battle.
Every fifty years, in Yovel, ancestral land returns to its original family. Every seven years, in Shemittah, Hebrew slaves go free. At first glance, this looks like a Mamdani-style forced redistribution: confiscate, redistribute, repeat. It is not.
By Mendi Glik
For thousands of years, throughout the long years of exile, the Jewish people have never forgotten Jerusalem. And indeed, after two thousand years in the Diaspora, Hashem performed a huge miracle and returned Am Yisrael to the land of Israel, and to Jerusalem.
Temper tantrums are normal for toddlers, but once children are after kindergarten, we expect the number of tantrums to be significantly reduced.
Your brother is not your child. You can be kind, supportive, and welcoming, but you cannot take on the role of parent, therapist, or rescuer.
Rabbi Chaim Ephraim Zaitchik (1905–1989) stood as a distinguished spiritual mentor and prolific author within the Mussar movement, the Jewish tradition devoted to ethical refinement and introspective growth.
By Marc Gronich
Grid Strategies recently issued a report stating that preventing the nation’s coal plants from retiring over the next three years could cost consumers at least $3 billion per year.
Shiffy marveled at the way Chani was so easygoing about staying in the same house with her brother- and sister-in-law, even if that house was huge.
A healthier approach is to adopt a strategy both partners can live with emotionally. The mathematically optimal portfolio is irrelevant if it creates stress or conflict.
By Miriam Feit
While we are young, too self involved to notice - Often too busy… and so we tend to forget… But as we grow older, more understanding, wiser - We realize it…but sometimes it’s too late for regret.
Pachter intertwines common wisdom, psychological perspectives, spiritual tenets and inspiring vignettes, anyone can relate to, to create a strategic game plan for success in its deepest, and most meaningful sense.
The beauty of dating is our ability to measure if a connection can be made. So much of this is done through research and information gleaned before we even meet. But the actual date allows us to see if the match made on paper can translate to chemistry and a lasting relationship.
By Ben Rothke
Despite having died nearly a century ago and with many of his writings over 150 years old, Rav Kook's exceptionalism lies in the fact that his ideas remain relevant even in 2026...
By Razey Segal
It is hard for me to believe that it is already your seventh yahrtzeit. It feels like you just left this world. The pain of your physical absence is so deep. I think a lot about you and Tatty, especially each Shabbos. I always sing Tatty’s favorite Friday night zemiros “Meein Olam Haba.” I […]
In fact, Israel maintains a maritime blockade on the Gaza Strip for one singular, non-negotiable reason: to prevent the unfettered smuggling of advanced weaponry, ballistic missiles, and dual-use materials to terrorist organizations.
By Chaim Saiman
My day job is teaching contract law, while I am learning Bava Batra at night. Often, the substance of these two periods of study can be remarkably similar. Yet the experience of engaging with them is fundamentally different. It's the difference between "learning" and "shteiging."
Not every bochur is built to be a talmid chacham in the classic sense, and that’s not a problem to be fixed. The pressure to fit one mold has real costs, making some question who they are and what they’re for.
By Rabbanit Dr. Adena Berkowitz
It is a Yiddish word derived from the German meaning to ascend or rise.
Ideally, it should be something we do in every aspect of our spiritual lives. Nevertheless, its most common use is to refer to the growth one experiences in intense Torah study.
There is a fundamental difference between the Torah we learn and the other disciplines that we study. In mathematics, my effort is immaterial. Either I know the equations or I do not.
Moish worked for us for over 40 years, and he often joked much later in life that if we hadn’t computerized our printing, he’d still be working on the linotype for The Jewish Press.
The UAE’s decision was undoubtedly at least partly driven by dissatisfaction with fellow Arab states for their lack of support during recent attacks by Iran.
Such displays of political courage – in the face of the growing antisemitic zeitgeist, especially in New York City – are rarer these days.
By Mendi Glik
The Zionist movement drew profound inspiration from Bar Kochba’s spirit of resistance. But it is deeply ironic that today, many self-proclaimed liberals continue to refer to our ancient homeland as Palestine with total disregard for the name’s origins.
There is a consensus amongst people in North America who are making aliyah, that it is at times a physically, emotionally and even financially draining endeavor. We joke that the reason it is so difficult is to test us. If you have the stamina and determination to get through the process, you’ll make it as an oleh.
Sometimes it is hard to name what you are feeling. Suddenly, you feel hot. You feel a bit of a burning session in your chest and on your neck. You can open a window to cool off, but you might not actually be addressing where that physical manifestation is coming from.
Your concern comes from a place of deep love and responsibility, which is admirable. At the same time, pushing too hard or framing this as “you’re wrong, I’m right” is likely to make your wife dig in further.
Financial research shows that wealth, even when substantial, rarely survives more than three generations. What seems permanent in one era often fades in the next.
Now Velvel was speechless. Yerucham and Rikki? Yerucham was supposed to marry Zahava! Yerucham knew she wanted to date him! How did that even happen?
The Nazis sought to make a people vanish not only from the streets, but from memory. This book was an answer to that effort.
By Irwin Cohen
People who were born that year and would go on to great fame included Fidel Castro and Norma Jeane Mortenson.
In almost every ancient civilization, priests were the masters of death.
By Alan Zeitlin
Lebowicz performs across the country for synagogues and organizations that want clean, kosher comedy that still makes them laugh. His comedy is easily accessible, drawing from Jewish laws and customs as well as from some popular culture that everyone is familiar with.
It is impossible to romanticize long-term learning without the financial component. The stress of not being able to cover your tuition bill, to make your car payment, or pay your rent, cannot be dismissed.
By Baruch Landa
What separates the soul from G-d isn't distance but difference in form.
Predictably, the mayor bases his defense of his veto on a deliberately misleading distortion of the First Amendment.
Between British pubs, American delis, and supermarket branding departments, “nosh” has become one of those rare words that somehow means both comfort food and moral superiority at the same time – depending entirely on who’s selling it.
By Anat Coleman
To an outsider, it might seem excessive. After all, snacks can be bought almost anywhere. Isn’t part of being on vacation about letting go, being spontaneous, and indulging in what’s around you?
By Eli Lebowicz
Nosh as the noun also feels like it’s the comfort food you go to when coping with something tough that’s happened.
I know most people think of sweets when it comes to nosh, but I prefer a more salty, savory treat like pretzels or potato chips.
A nosh wasn’t a full meal. It was just a little something – standing in the kitchen, grabbing a bite of this and a taste of that. No rules, no plates, just enjoying food in the moment.
They are not engaged in the political argument of disproving the Palestinian narrative that falsely claims that there is no ancient connection between the Jewish people and the land of Israel. Only fools and Jew-haters believe that deliberately dishonest claim.
How does a man carrying a shotgun even make it to the anteroom of a presidential event? What happened to the outer security perimeter?
By Mendi Glik
The field of wedding bands is crowded. There are many in the marketplace. But Shir Soul stands out because of the high standards Ross maintains for the band.
If confidence comes after action, what allows action to happen in the first place? The answer is self-trust.
The first step is for you and your husband to come together in complete alignment. This is his father, and it’s important that any communication comes from a place of unity, not tension between you.
The editors made one decision and held it absolutely: not a single word was changed, misspellings included, half-finished sentences included.
One of the biggest misconceptions about financial planning is that it is purely mathematical. Numbers matter, but they are only part of the equation.
It was just so, so many parties, and so much anguish and planning, even with Mindy and Mrs. Rosner’s help and her own talents for party planning. If only her mother had been there to take over the burden with her quiet competence and cheerful nature!
By Met Council
Behind the scenes, Met Council leverages AI-powered tools to optimize warehouse operations and direct food to partner agencies and pantries based on real-time data and community demand. This approach ensures resources are distributed more efficiently and equitably.
Remarkably, it retains its original leather binding, a rarity for Zhitomir printings of this period.
By Alan Zeitlin
Reactions were swift, with some saying it was an offense to our community to no longer have a Jewish Heritage Day and others saying it was not a big deal and there could be innocuous reasons.
It’s time to assemble a team. Mothers have the unique ability to manage many hats and their absence must often be filled by more than one person. Find the two women in your life who you trust, and who genuinely care about your well-being.
Those seeking to study the Shemoneh Esrei in advance will find its structured explanations especially helpful, while those using it during davening can benefit from the clarity and accessibility of its layout.
The Jewish connection to the land of Israel is not just historical. It is continuous. While many peoples have lived in the region, Jewish identity remained tied to this land for thousands of years, even in exile.
What Mamdani is promising is cheaper eggs and bread not through operational efficiency, but through aggressive, unsustainable public subsidies.
By Martin Bodek
Mayim – like “horse” and “sheep” – is both singular and plural, with a singular literal meaning, and a plural of figurative meanings.
By dvora
There is one additional component, without which none of earth’s bounty could thrive. It is simple yet complicated; it is a formless, shapeless, colorless liquid which has sustained human life, plant life, animal life. And that is water – mayim.
By Avi Ganz
Our default setting, as natural as water in a seabed, is "Knowledge of the L-rd." Without the distractions and challenges of our lives, we would be so powerfully aware of Hashem's presence.
Water adapts, taking the shape of whatever holds it, while also maintaining a quiet strength that allows it to carve through stone over time.
By David Curwin
In ancient scripts, the letter was often drawn with a wavy or zigzag shape, fitting for a word connected to water.
Harris’s narrative deliberately ignores the brazen reality of Iranian aggression against the United States.
Stripping a democratic ally of the very tools required to dismantle terrorist infrastructure is not a “pro-peace” position. It is a policy that actively ensures a high death toll and provides a massive tactical advantage to Hezbollah and Hamas.
Gavriel Tirosh appears for less than a year in the lives of five Jerusalem high school students in the late 1930s. He teaches them history. He trains them for combat. He vanishes. Decades later, they are still trying to make sense of what he meant and what he cost them.
By Mendi Glik
I asked some Israelis in the community if they knew the song. And guess what? They also were not familiar with it. I realized that most of the readers here also might not be familiar with the song, so I decided to review it in this column.
It was at that Chabad in North Brooklyn, on Bedford Avenue, where I experienced the kindness of the Jewish community and, during dinner, felt a warmth in my chest that I immediately knew was G-d.
The chronicle that follows is methodical where Yizker is lyrical, but it is written by someone who cannot quite believe what she is documenting.
When it comes to financial news, successful investing does not require constant attention to headlines or daily market movements. It is more useful to focus on financial history instead of forecasts.
But—are you sure Effi is the kind of man you’re looking for? Chani could hear that Shulamis was having a hard time shifting gears, after pinning all her hopes on Yerucham.
By Alan Zeitlin
The hypocrisy revealed in that testimony was blatant. The usual rules that apply to everyone else don’t apply to Jews and Israel.
By Marc Gronich
“I remember seeing pictures of teenagers who looked a lot like I did and realizing that if I had simply been born at a different time, that would very likely have been me and my family,” she recounted.
By Jason Maoz
“It gave us a tremendous amount of pleasure,” said Welz, “especially in these economic times, to know that parents didn’t need to dig deep into their pockets or add to their credit card debt in order to give their families a joyful and memorable experience.”
We have just emerged from our shelters, literally and figuratively, after six weeks of war. The air is heavy with mixed emotions shaping how we approach this moment. There is relief, but also grief. Pride, but also fatigue. Nothing feels simple or settled.
For Hirsch, Hebrew is not a convenient tool for communication; it is itself a revelation.
This is very common. Sometimes you are just not in a relationship mode (especially early on) between dates and your brain naturally shifts back to your regular life (routines, work, family, etc.) when you are not with him.
What sets this book apart is its attention to what mourners actually feel. The authors describe the guilt that surfaces unexpectedly, the exhaustion of telling the same story to every visitor, the moment months later when a smell or a song brings grief rushing back.
Since October 7, hate crimes against Canadian Jews have skyrocketed. In recent weeks, shots were fired at area shuls in two separate incidents. Police have now banned pro-Palestinian protestors from demonstrating in Jewish areas.
As we have been able to piece together from the many reports out there, the rescue was not just a triumph of American air superiority. It was a master class in the deep intelligence and special operations integration between the U.S. military and the Israeli Defense Forces.
The reason the word “grace” seems a bit off may be because it has a rich and contentious Christian history.
In life we need to move gracefully as well. Sometimes there’s an unexpected turn, and we need to react. We need to learn how to react gracefully.
Grace isn’t about lowering the bar or pretending things are fine. Instead, it’s about not being harsh or rigid, with yourself or with someone else.
I didn’t know it then, but I was simply stepping into something that fit better. We don’t always understand why we are where we are, but hopefully, with time, it begins to make perfect sense.
You can pre-package grace. This means deciding ahead of time that when someone you care about – a spouse, partner, child, parent, or colleague – inevitably disappoints or hurts you, you will respond with forgiveness.
It was a grotesque “loophole” that allowed a foreign entity to maintain lobbying offices in Washington, accept American taxpayer dollars, and concurrently sponsor the murder of American citizens abroad with legal impunity.
In no way did the United States go to Islamabad to negotiate a compromise with a peer adversary; it went to dictate terms of surrender to a defeated terror state.
By Mendi Glik
In the concentration camps and the gas chambers, Jews were murdered on the cursed soil of Europe. And while their brothers and sisters in the United States couldn’t do much for them, the little they could do was to shout.
By Ben Rothke
When one learns Mishnah, it is assumed that the reader already understands the essential background.
The most explicit discussion of Cohn’s Jewish background may be found in the collection Ferdinand Cohn – Blätter der Erinnerung (“Leaves of Memory,” Breslau 1901) assembled and published by his wife, Pauline.
As the Supreme Court reasoned, the Colorado law did not, in fact, protect children based on objective mental health principles; it actively banned speech simply because the state disagreed with the counselor’s mental health, theological and moral viewpoints.
By Solly Hess
As my kids can probably tell you, I smile wider when they’re standing with me under the tallis during Birkat Kohanim.
I kiss the tzitzis of the tallis, their strings reminding me of the 613 opportunities we are given to weave holiness into everyday life.
Studies in neuroscience show that physical rituals and sensory cues can regulate the nervous system and anchor attention.
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