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I am blessed with grandchildren both in Israel and the USA. All study Torah in fine yeshivos and seminaries, share the same beliefs in G-d and the authority of Torah and halachah, observe the same Shabbos and tefillin and kashrus. But despite all the similarities, they are very different. My teenage Israeli grandson attends a chareidi

Equivalence between two such polar opposites is puzzling

The key to one’s character is found in the waiting room

The sadness of Jewish emptiness transcends Pittsburgh

My father’s classic response echoes across 65 years

This is why I asked, “What difference does it make?”