The Tefillin Offer
My childhood neighbor, Rav Shloime Mandel, rosh yeshivah of Yeshiva of Brooklyn, told me an amazing story
Gift of Fire
Statues topple and the world goes silent, yet we are still able to hear that ancient roar, the song of the mountain
Mountains of Hatred
No matter how much we try to fit in, the world will remind us that we don’t
When the Cheering Stops
The pitch came, and with a kapitel Tehillim on my lips, I swung as hard as I could
“Violent Islam Is Not the Exception” — Congressman Randy Fine
“Where are the Muslims calling out the other Muslims who engage in violent rhetoric? Where are they?”
Inbox: Issue 1063
“It would mean a lot to singles if we could find other topics to hash about in the magazines”
Guardian of the Gate
Rav Avrohom Gurwicz has shaped generations from the daled amos of Torah in Gateshead
New Jersey’s Woke-O-Meter
Grading Democratic gubernatorial candidates in a race to the left
Bridge Across Time
Four decades on, Rav Mendel Kaplan’s lessons still resonate
Help Me Join Your Nation
An in-depth look at what it takes to finalize a convert’s personal kabbalas haTorah
Hearing His Voice
Why Torah Judaism continues to attract new adherents, even as the heterodox movements hemorrhage members
