The Moment

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Words to Live By

"Memorize the words of Yosheiv Beseiser and Ana Bekoach"

The Beat

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Politics and Policy, the Next 100 Days

With Covid still rampant across much of the world, a Mideast flare-up, and progressive politics dominant in the US, what’s on in the next 100 days?

The Moment

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Living Higher: Of Course He Was Jewish

Rav Kolodetsky immediately lifted his hat and removed his own yarmulke

The Moment

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

The Best Days of My Life

It might have been decades ago — how is it that the hallowed months and years in yeshivah, closed off from the mundane pressures of life, are still the engine pushing them forward ...

The Moment

Tuesday, May 04, 2021

Living Higher: Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky’s Hadran

Reciting not just the Sephardic text, but also using a perfect Sephardic havarah

The Beat

Tuesday, May 04, 2021

Beware LinkedIn, Playground of Spies

Beware of the next garbled request to connect

The Moment

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Living Higher: the Mesorah of Learning Torah in Purity

From now on, Brisk bochurim may only use yeshivah-sponsored devices

The Moment

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Just Between Us

"He didn’t need to make that call — and surgery would have had all sorts of other consequences"

The Soapbox

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Should The US Enact Strong Gun Control Measures?    

The US continues to transfix the world with its gun violence epidemic

The Moment

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Just Between Us

"The prayer Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris, of blessed memory, delivered at President Mandela’s 1994 inauguration"

The Beat

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Are Jews Worth Less Than Dogs in Today’s France?

"As France is shocked by authorities’ inability to deliver justice, the Halimi family will fight on"