Celebrating Sukkos in Jerusalem
In our brief conversation, he asked both me and Chana about what we were doing this year in Jerusalem, having come from the U.S. It was a lovely highlight of our chag to have the opportunity to meet...
View ArticleDoes Shabbat Prove G-d?
Assessing a Newly Presented Argument Introduction "More than the Jews have kept the Sabbath, the Sabbath has kept the Jews." Ahad Ha'am, a secular Jew, was speaking of Shabbat's role in preserving...
View ArticleFor Governor: Bruce Blakeman
Every challenger promises to lower taxes and ensure safer streets. Bruce Blakeman has already delivered them in a county where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by roughly 100,000.
View ArticleLetters to the Editor - October 9, 2026
Parsing the Mysteries of Moshiach’s Identity Last week, we published a letter by reader Rafi Hagler about Chaim Yehuda Meyer’s interview with Rabbi Aharon Yaakov Lieberman, “Who Can Be Moshiach?”...
View ArticleThe Emptiness of the Mamdani Antisemitism Plan
Political critique of any foreign state is entirely fair game in a democracy, but the repeated use of hyper-charged, unsubstantiated buzzwords – like “genocide” or “apartheid” – serves to demonize a...
View ArticlePlanning for Sukkos in a Jewish State
Not only is Yom Tov a day off, but Chol HaMoed is generally a day off as well. Okay, maybe you don’t get a full week off before Pesach and Sukkos like the schools do (which creates its own set of...
View ArticleBoth Trump and Mamdani Called for a Protest but a Double Standard Followed
While Mamdani eventually conceded that his administration lacked the independent legal authority to carry out such an arrest, his rhetoric plainly set the stage for an explosive week of demonstrations.
View ArticleHochul’s Blind Spot: Defending the Indefensible to Court the Radical Left
Netanyahu’s fiery remarks – both on social media and at the UNGA – did not emerge from a vacuum. He gave voice to what millions of Jewish New Yorkers have felt since Mamdani assumed office: a palpable,...
View ArticleThe Speech of Ordinary Days
A family considering aliyah often lists what will be lost, ease of language, a career ladder already climbed, the familiar aisle in a supermarket. Those losses are real. What is gained is harder to put...
View ArticleA Concert with Shmuel: Preparing for Selichot in Jerusalem
He has also produced dozens of other songs, including several released very recently that he played for us. This is an up-and-coming singer at the height of his creativity.
View ArticleHochul’s Announcements on Pardons and Tax Credits Reprise Her Congestion...
The governor has once again resorted to the oldest trick in the political playbook: handing out nominal one-time checks just before voters head to the ballot box.
View ArticleThe Sukkah Is Temporary. So Are Our Emotions
Sukkot is the only pilgrimage festival that doesn’t commemorate a major historical event. Instead, it marks a paradox: G-d protected us in fragile huts during the most destabilizing period of Jewish...
View ArticleWhat the Torah Asks of Us in the Days After Yom Kippur
For seven days a person makes the sukkah his keva and his house arai. Meals move outside. So do learning, conversation, sitting around, and, when weather and circumstances allow, sleeping. That is an...
View ArticleAgain Mamdani Mourns the Death of an Accused Murderer but Ignores the Alleged...
The message is clear: in modern New York, political grandstanding for woke jail reform supersedes basic human decency for victims of violence.
View ArticleThe Person Who Did That
There is a kind of shame that can feel morally serious because it refuses to let us off the hook, and we are right to be suspicious of anything that seems to soften responsibility.
View Articleshanah in Jerusalem
As much as one might have closely followed Israeli news over the past three years, even if one knows people who were killed (as I unfortunately do), there is a difference between spending the past...
View ArticleA Life That Is Not an Edition
A total Jewish experience includes the parts that do not photograph well. Army service for those called, coalition politics that embarrass, neighbors who vote differently and still sit in the same...
View ArticleMamdani Must Protect Netanyahu’s Safety
Having previously, unsuccessfully attempted to arrest Netanyahu for bogus “genocide” crimes and more recently encouraging public demonstrations against the visiting leader, the mayor now faces a...
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