‘My Father’s Soul Was Burning To Help Klal Yisrael’: Amos Bunim Discusses the Legacy...
Irving Bunim (1901-1980) is probably best known among Orthodox Jews for his best-selling, three-volume Ethics From Sinaicommentary on Pirkei Avos.
Avner Gold Picks Up Where He Left Off 20 Years Ago
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman is a man of multiple faces.
Chazzan Robert Frankel, 89, Led KAJ In Prayer For Sixty Years
Not often does someone ask me to write his obituary. But that's precisely what Chazzan Frankel asked me, mostly in jest, as we exited a subway station together about a year ago. Last Shabbos he passed away from heart failure, four months shy of his 90th birthday.
Over 1,300 Sign Pledge To Hold Simpler Weddings: An Interview with Rav Yisroel Reisman,...
Why can't a chassan send a simple beautiful bouquet? Why must it be a massive, towering monstrosity?
Building Jewish Pride In South Africa And Beyond: An Interview With Chief Rabbi Warren...
We’re all craving connection right now – within our families, with friends, with communities, with ourselves, with G-d. It’s so amazing that Shabbat, which was created at the beginning of time, turns out to be the perfect formula for everything we need in modern life.
Back And Better Than Ever… The One And Only Uncle Moishy Returns With Welcome
I want to be able to appeal to kids across the board.
High Hopes For Change: A Q&A with Simcha Rothman, The MK Spearheading Reform ...
Claiming that Israel is going to cease being a democratic state, a liberal state – I see it as detached from reality.
Dr. Lander Remembered
To commemorate the shloshim of Touro College founder and president, Dr. Bernard Lander, z"l, some of his friends and colleagues shared their memories of him with The Jewish Press. Here are their thoughts:
‘The Power Of A Team Is Much More Impactful Than A Single Individual’: Interview...
Roland and the NYU team that accompanied him trained the surgeons at Shaare Zedek Medical Center to do this procedure well so that next time they can operate autonomously.
Could Americans In Israel Elect The Next President?
A grassroots, Israeli-based voter registration organization maintains that eligible American voters in the Jewish state could significantly impact the results of next Tuesday's race for the White House.
Agri Star Meat-Plant Owner: ‘We Will Succeed’
In the months since Agriprocessors - formerly America's largest kosher meatpacking plant - declared bankruptcy in the wake of allegations of unethical and illegal business practices, speculation has abounded: Who will fill the gap in the kosher meat market? Will meat prices go up? Will an Orthodox Jew buy the Postville, Iowa plant?
‘Israelis Are Ambitious About Saving Anyone’s Life’: An Interview with Sheba Medical Center Director...
There were hundreds of thousands of people wounded and all of them needed our care. We felt our mission was to restore hope for the people of Haiti.
On The Bookshelf
Rabbi Mayer Schiller is a Skver-Rachmistrivka chassid with a passion for the ideology of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch. Born to a non-observant family, Rabbi...
Landing On A Different Planet
Total strangers from all over the world opened their hearts and pocketbooks.
Legacies
Three years ago, I wrote about the Alon Hesder unit that had lost seven soldiers in the battle for Beirut during the Peace for...
The Lead Up To Shechem’s Liberation
In 1967, Rabbi Yitzhak Spatz, helped liberate Shechem during the Six-Day War.
The Late Rabbi Raphael Baruch Toledano
In last week's column about the collection Mekabtziel published by Yeshivat Ahavat Shalom of Jerusalem, we noted that the volume contained a number of articles and studies on various subjects.
Keeping Our Children Safe
An issue of grave concern, Debbie shares, is the rising rate of abuse between older and younger children.
A Sheep Farmer Today
Shepherding in the Shomron isn’t your usual kind of shepherding – despite his business-minded beginnings, Eli has discovered that a strong ideological impetus powers the job.
‘There Are Jews In China?’ – An Interview with Chabad Shlucha Dina Greenberg
Lubavitch shluchim move to all sorts of exotic places in their effort to ignite Jewish souls around the globe. But there’s exotic, and then...
Tackling Jewish Stereotypes On The Screen
Media is such a powerful tool for good and bad. We are affected so deeply by the messages that permeate society.
A Jewish American Veteran
They are known as the Greatest Generation, and for good reason. As children of the Depression, they learned to make do with little, and lacked, most significantly, a sense of entitlement. As they came of age, they were called upon to serve and defend their country, and they did so magnificently, many with their very lives. They then went on to raise families and build the country into the superpower it has become – all with little noise and fanfare; continuing, through it all, to quietly do their duty.
‘God Has Sent Us The Jew From Judah To Help Us’: An Interview with...
I couldn’t believe poverty was so bad that people had to lick the road just to get a little bit of food.
Millions Of Jews In… Afghanistan? An Interview with Nadav Sofy
Today, even in Afghanistan and Pakistan, many people have Internet. We have a page on Facebook, and we receive many comments from Afghans who trace their lineage back to Yaakov Avinu.
Morocco – The Land Where Kings Honor Jews
Soulika requested that she be given metal clips…which she dug into her flesh and tied to her garment so that her naked body wouldn’t be exposed to the public.
Telling The Truth in Lithuania
We are opening doors for the students. Telling them to look at the world they didn't know about and asking them to think about it.
Minorities who fight for Israel
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Looking Out For New York State’s Non-Public School Students: An interview with the OU’s...
It’s a struggle year after year for our schools to hire and retain the quality teachers they need.
Free Speech On Campus? Think Again
When you look at Jewish civilization, it seems to me that it is the most superior civilization that has ever existed.
‘Where Are Israel’s Enemies Of Centuries Past?’ An Interview with Pastor John Hagee
I love being in Jerusalem. The first time I visited the Holy City and the Western Wall I was filled with overwhelming joy. God is everywhere, but I feel his presence especially strongly in Jerusalem.